George Sutherland Leveson Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland


George Granville SutherlandLevesonGower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, KT, PC , styled Earl Gower until 1892 and Marquess of Stafford between 1892 and 1913, was a British courtier, patron of the film industry and Conservative politician from the LevesonGower family. He held minor office in the Conservative administration of Andrew Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin in the 1920s and was later Lord Steward of the Household from 1935 to 1936. He was also a noted patron of the British film industry with the Sutherland Trophy named in his honour.

Sutherland was the eldest son of Cromartie SutherlandLevesonGower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, by Lady Millicent St ClairErskine, daughter of Robert St ClairErskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn. He was born at Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire, in 1888 and was educated at Summer Fields School, Oxford, and Eton College.

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