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     Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower was born on 8 November 1797. She was the daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Sutherland. She married Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster and Lady Eleanor Egerton, on 16 September 1819. She died on 11 November 1891 at age 94.
     Her married name became Grosvenor.

     Gilbert Norman Grosvenor was born on 6 January 1833. He was the son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower. He died on 20 March 1854 at age 21.

     Lady Theodora Grosvenor was the daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower. She married Thomas Merthyr Guest, son of Sir Josiah John Guest, 1st Bt. and Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Bertie, on 8 March 1877. She died on 24 March 1924.
     Her married name became Guest.

     Thomas Merthyr Guest was born on 18 January 1838. He was the son of Sir Josiah John Guest, 1st Bt. and Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Bertie. He married Lady Theodora Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower, on 8 March 1877. He died on 5 November 1904 at age 66.

     George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland was born on 9 January 1758. He was the son of Sir Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and Lady Louisa Egerton. He married Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Sutherland, daughter of William Gordon, 18th Earl of Sutherland and Mary Maxwell, on 4 September 1785. He died on 19 July 1833 at age 75.
     George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland gained the title of Viscount Trentham. He gained the title of 2nd Marquess of Stafford in 1790. He was created 1st Duke of Sutherland on 28 January 1833.

     Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Sutherland was born on 24 May 1765. She was the daughter of William Gordon, 18th Earl of Sutherland and Mary Maxwell. She married George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, son of Sir Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and Lady Louisa Egerton, on 4 September 1785. She died on 29 January 1839 at age 73.
     Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Sutherland gained the title of Countess of Sutherland. She gained the title of Baroness of Strathnaver. Her married name became Leveson-Gower.
     On the death of the 18th Earl of Sutherland, a contest for succession to the Earldom commenced between Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun and George Sutherland, of Forse, who each asserted a better right to the honours than that inherited by the Lady Elizabeth. The question was brought before the House of Lords, and on the 21 March 1771, their Lordships decided it in favour of the deceased Earl's only surviving daughter.

     Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster was born on 22 March 1767. He was the son of Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor and Henrietta Vernon. He married Lady Eleanor Egerton, daughter of Sir Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton and Eleanor Assheton, on 28 April 1794. He died on 17 February 1845 at age 77.
     Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster gained the title of 1st Marquess of Westminster.

     Lady Eleanor Egerton was born on 19 July 1770. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton and Eleanor Assheton.¹ She married Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, son of Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor and Henrietta Vernon, on 28 April 1794. She died on 29 November 1846 at age 76.
     Her married name became Grosvenor.

     Sir Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton was born on 14 May 1749.³ He was the son of Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, 6th Bt. and Catherine Copley.² He married Eleanor Assheton, daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, 3rd Bt. and Eleanor Copley, on 12 September 1769.¹ He died on 23 September 1814 at age 65.
     Sir Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton succeeded to the title of 7th Baronet Egerton. He was created 1st Earl of Wilton in 1801.

     Eleanor Assheton was the daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, 3rd Bt. and Eleanor Copley.¹ She married Sir Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton, son of Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, 6th Bt. and Catherine Copley, on 12 September 1769.¹ She died on 3 February 1816.²
     Her married name became Egerton.