Son of the first duke (d. 1833); in 1823 he married Lady Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard, daughter of the sixth Earl of Carlisle; upon succeeding to the title he added Sutherland to his surname.

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

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 2 May 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 8 May 1804 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, 29 August 1822 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)

Sir Walter Scott to the Marchioness of Stafford, 11 April 1825 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Whishaw to Charles and Henry Romilly, June 1833 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 20 May 1835 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, 24 July 1837 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, 29 July 1837 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 27 December 1847 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)