Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville NPG D15275
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by John Samuel Agar, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Wright, after Thomas Phillips
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, was widely considered one of the most handsome men of his time. He is best remembered for the fifteen-year affair he had with Henrietta Frances (Harriet) Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Their relationship produced two children and lasted until he married Lady Bessborough's niece Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish. Leveson-Gower entered Parliament as an MP in 1799, but his career was predominately in diplomacy. He served as Ambassador to The Hague in 1823-4 and, with two short breaks, as Ambassador... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










