Earl Lord Granville is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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13 Facts About Lord Granville
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Lord Granville's was the daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, and the widow of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret.
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Lord Granville was a prominent statesman, mainly known under the title Lord Carteret.
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Lord Granville assumed the surname of Carteret and was created Baron Carteret in 1784.
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Lord Granville had already been created Viscount Granville, of Stone Park in the County of Stafford, in 1815.
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Lord Granville was the younger half-brother of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, and the uncle of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere.
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Lord Granville was a great-great-nephew of the aforementioned Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville.
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Lord Granville was a prominent Liberal politician and served three times as Foreign Secretary.
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Lord Granville's son, the third Earl, was a diplomat and notably served as Ambassador to Belgium from 1928 to 1933.
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Lord Granville was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl.
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Lord Granville was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and served as Governor of Northern Ireland from 1945 to 1952.
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Lord Granville married Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon, second surviving daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and elder sister of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wife of King George VI.
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Lord Granville's son George Leveson-Gower was a Member of Parliament.
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