Leveson-Gower family

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Chapters: Duke of Sutherland, Cliveden, Clan Sutherland, Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Lilleshall Hall, Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, Earl of Cromartie, Dunrobin Castle, Frederick Leveson-Gower, George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland, John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, Trentham Gardens, H. D. G. Leveson Gower, Carbisdale Castle, Lancaster House, Earl of Sutherland, Lord Ronald Gower, Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower, Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, Algernon Egerton, Edward Leveson-Gower, Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville, Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland, Trentham, Staffordshire, Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet, Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville, Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland, George Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere, Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet, John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere, Lady Alice Egerton, Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, Alfred Egerton, Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, Sir Thomas Gower, 1st Baronet, Frederick Neville Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Richard Leveson-Gower, Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland. Excerpt: Cliveden is an Italianate mansion and estate at Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Set on banks 40 metres (130 ft) above the River Thames, its grounds slope down to the river. The site has been home to an Earl, two Dukes, a Prince of Wales and the Viscounts Astor. As home of Nancy Astor, the house was the meeting place of the Cliveden set of the 1920s and 1930s - a group of political intellectuals. Later, during the 1960s, it became the setting for key events of the notorious Profumo Affair. During the 1970s, it was occupied by Stanford University of California who used it as an overseas campus. Today owned by the National Trust, the house is leased as a five-star hotel run by von Essen Hotels. "Cliveden" (pronounced CLIV-d'n) means "valley among cliffs" and refers to the dean or valley which cuts through the estate to the west of the house. "Cliveden" has been spelled differently over the centuries, some of the variations being Cliffden, Clifden, Cliefden and Clyveden. The 375 acres (152 ha) gardens and woodlands are open to the public, together with parts of the house on certain days. There have been three houses on this site: the first, built in 1666, burned down in 1795 and the second house (1824) was also destroyed by fire, in 1849. The present Grade 1 listed house was built in 1851 by the architect Charles Barry for George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland. The north frontDesigned by Sir Charles Barry in 1851 to replace a house previously destroyed by fire, the present house is a blend of the English Palladian style and the Roman Cinquecento. The Victorian three-storey mansion sits on a 400-foot (120 m) long, 20-foot (6....