George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, PC, KT (August 29 1888–February 1 1963) was the son of Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland. He married, firstly, Lady Eileen Gwladys Butler, daughter of Charles Butler, 7th Earl of Lanesborough, on 11 April 1912. He married, secondly, Clare Josephine O'Brian, on 1 July 1944. He served in the Conservative governments of Andrew Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin as Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1922 to 1924, as Paymaster-General from 1925 to 1928, and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1928 to 1929. He was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1921, and was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1929, and a Privy Counsellor in 1936. He was the first Chairman of the British Film Institute, from 1933 to 1936. The Duke of Sutherland died in 1963, aged 74 and his titles were divided according to their patents. The Earldom of Sutherland and Barony of Strathnaver passed to his niece, only daughter of Lord Alastair Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland, while the remainder of his titles passed to the heir male, a distant relative, the Earl of Ellesmere.
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- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vacant
Title last held by
Harry Gosling |
Paymaster General 1925 – 1928 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Onslow |
| Preceded by The Earl of Shaftesbury |
Lord Steward 1936 – 1937 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Buccleuch |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Duke of Sutherland |
Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland 1913 – 1945 |
Succeeded by Unknown |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower |
Duke of Sutherland 1913 – 1963 |
Succeeded by John Egerton |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower |
Earl of Sutherland 1913 – 1963 |
Succeeded by Elizabeth Leveson-Gower |
