The son of the first marquess of Stafford (d. 1803); he was one of the wealthiest men in Britain with an annual income of £200,000; his program for Scottish clearances and resettlement was widely unpopular. He was created duke in 1833.

REFERENCES TO George Granville Leveson- Gower, first duke of Sutherland:

Sydney Smith to Lady Holland, 24 January 1811 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Henry Grey Bennet to Thomas Creevey, [June 1814] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Grey Bennet to Thomas Creevey, 31 May 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 7 November 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 18 February 1816 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 29 June 1816 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Walter Scott to the Duke of Buccleugh, 15 April 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 4 October 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 19 October 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 6 November 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 7 September 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Maria Copley to Thomas Creevey, 12 January 1823 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Luttrell to Samuel Rogers, 8 November 1824 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 1 December [1827] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)