Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (born May 11, 1815, London, England—died March 31, 1891, London) was a British foreign secretary in William E. Gladstone’s first and second administrations, succeeding him as leader of the Liberal Party. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was elected a Whig member of Parliament in 1836. Holding minor offices under Lord John Russell from 1846 (the year that he succeeded to his father’s earldom), Granville succeeded Lord...