Leveson-Gower, Granville George, (1815-1891), 2nd Earl Granville, statesman

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Alternative name(s):	Granville, 2nd Earl (Also known as) Leveson-Gower (Also known as)
Surname:	Leveson-Gower
Forenames:	Granville George
Gender:	Male
Date:	1815-1891
Title:	2nd Earl Granville
History:	Statesman. Minister for Foreign Affairs 1851-52, 1870-74 and 1880-85. Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1868-70 and 1886. Succeeded to peerage 1846.
Biography:	ODNB link for Gower, Granville George Leveson- (1815-1891) 2nd Earl Granville, statesman
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275052 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P134628 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Granville George Leveson-Gower

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1870-1874: Granville Papers	The National Archives, Kew	FO 362
2	1604-1909: Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville and predecessors and successors: Papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	PRO 30/29
3	1829-1891: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Former ref PRO30/29	See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982; Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1
4	1870-73: corresp and papers	The National Archives	FO362	See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
5	1832-33: travel diary, kept while at sea	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	d301	NRA 18661 Osborn coll
6	1880-85: papers	The National Archives	FO97/621
7	1865-91: manuscripts	Walmer Castle		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
8	letters (19) to Lord Aberdare	Huntington Library		See Guide to British MSS, 1982
9	1853-58: corresp with Lord Aberdeen	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43250-55
10	1841-90: corresp, primarily with Lord Acton	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add MSS 8121, 8123	NRA 37383 Acton
11	1853-76: letters (11) to Lord Acton	Shropshire Archives	1093/441-1180 passim	NRA 41289 Acton
12	1880-81: corresp with Sir Francis Adams, partly rel to Tunisia	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 64796
13	1883-85: corresp with Sir Evelyn Baring	The National Archives	FO633
14	1866-79: letters to Lord Brabourne	Kent History and Library Centre	U274; U951	NRA 1301 Knatchbull
15	1860-85: letters to John Bright	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 43387
16	1880-89: letters (10) to Oscar Browning	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	OB	NRA 21235 Browning
17	1870-1884: letters (12) to Lord Cairns	The National Archives	PRO 30/51/14/34-63
18	1868-73: corresp with Lord Cardwell	The National Archives	PRO 30/48
19	1863-84: corresp with Lord Carnarvon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 60773
20	1856-88: corresp with Sir Edwin Chadwick	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	CHADWICK	NRA 21653 Chadwick
21	1880-87: corresp with Joseph Chamberlain	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	JC/5	NRA 12604 Chamberlain
22	1868-70: letters to Lord Clarendon	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Clar dep	NRA 6302
23	1851-64: corresp with Richard Cobden	West Sussex Record Office	Cobden papers	NRA 10616 Cobden
24	1852-71: corresp with Lord Cowley	The National Archives	FO 519
25	1863-71: letters (11) to JE Denison	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	Os	NRA 205 Denison
26	1847-87: letters to Dukes of Devonshire	Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth	16	NRA 20594 Cavendish
27	1850-85: corresp with Sir Charles Dilke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43878-81, 43901
28	1854-81: letters (24) to Disraeli	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Disraeli	NRA 842 Disraeli
29	1879-84: corresp with Lord Dufferin	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D1071	NRA 5700 Blackwood
30	1870-84: corresp with Sir Henry Elliot	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 13061-87 passim	NRA 10476 Minto
31	1883-85: letters (15) to THS Escott	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 58784	NRA 16926 Escott
32	1850-91: corresp with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 44165-80, 43875-80, 44901
33	1882-85: letters to WE and Catherine Gladstone	Gladstone's Library	Glynne-Gladstone MSS	NRA 14174 Gladstone
34	1852-88: corresp with 3rd Earl Grey	Durham University Library and Collections	GRE/B88/7	NRA 6228 Grey
35	1861-69: corresp with Hon Charles Grey	Durham University Library and Collections	GRE	NRA 6228 Grey
36	1852-85: corresp with Lord Halifax	Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York	Halifax papers A4	NRA 8128 Wood
37	1881-85: corresp with Sir Edward Walter Hamilton	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 48617	NRA 20962
38	c1854-84: corresp with Lord Hammond	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 566 Hammond See HMC corresp file - Hammond
39	1876-88: corresp with Sir William Harcourt	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Harcourt	NRA 3679
40	1840-90: corresp with Lord Harrowby	Harrowby Manuscripts Trust		NRA 1561 Ryder
41	letters (12) to Lord Hatherton	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	D260, 1121, 1178, 4028, 4513, 4787	NRA 4022 Littleton See NRA(S)0044
42	corresp with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach	Gloucestershire Archives	D2440	NRA 3526
43	1870-83: letters to Lady Holland	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 52130
44	1853-83: letters (36) to Lord Houghton	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library		See HMC corresp file 19/2/1987
45	1856-86: letters to Lord Kimberley	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97	NRA 1274 Wodehouse
46	1852-84: corresp with Sir AH Layard	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 38960-39036, 39121-40 passim
47	1869: letters to Lord Lytton	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	DE/K	NRA 4598
48	1871-73: corresp with Earl of Lytton	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	DE/K	NRA 4598
49	1848-1893: misc corresp	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 9714-10202, 10778-80 Passim
50	1884-86: corresp with Sir Edward Malet	The National Archives	FO 343
51	letters to FA Maxse	West Sussex Record Office	MAXSE	NRA 10619 Maxse
52	1870-1885: corresp with Sir Robert Morier	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections		NRA 26599 Morier
53	1861-70: corresp with Sir Charles Murray	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD261	NRA 14153 See NRA(S)0485
54	1854-60: letters to Duke of Newcastle	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	Ne	NRA 7411 Pelham
55	1859-64: letters to Duke of Newcastle	Gladstone's Library	Glynne-Gladstone MSS 2967, 2987	NRA 14174 Gladstone
56	1852-84: corresp with Sir Stafford Northcote	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 50022	NRA 5873
57	1846-87: letters to Lord Overstone	London University: Senate House Library	MS 804	NRA 17743 Loyd
58	1870-85: despatches from Sir AG Paget	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 51224-27
59	1838-65: corresp with Lord Palmerston	University of Southampton Library	MS 62	NRA 12889
60	1850-65: letters (18) to Joseph Paxton	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development	1	NRA 20594 Cavendish
61	1850-89: letters to Lord Playfair	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	L. Playfair	NRA 11556 Playfair
62	1882-91: letters to Lord Rendel	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MSS 19440-67, 20569-72, 23028-35	NRA 7517 Rendel
63	1832-51: letters (19) to 5th Duke of Richmond	West Sussex Record Office	vol 3	NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
64	1868-84: letters (22) to 6th Duke of Richmond	West Sussex Record Office	vol 3	NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
65	1860-88: corresp with Lord Ripon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 43520-21
66	1848-70: corresp with Lord John Russell	The National Archives	PRO30/22
67	1871-86: corresp with Lord Selborne	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 1864-80 passim	NRA 11918
68	1846-69: corresp with Ralph Sneyd	Keele University Library Special Collections and Archives	SC	NRA 1248 Sneyd
69	1885-86: letters to Edward Stanhope	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/O280	NRA 25095
70	1884: corresp with Duke of Sutherland	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	p98	NRA 10699 Leveson-Gower
71	1857-82: letters to AC Tait	Lambeth Palace Library	Tait	NRA 8476 Tait
72	1857-86: letters to Sir William White	The National Archives	FO 364/1-11
73	1863-85: misc letters from him	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections		NRA 24781 University College
74	1831-1890: collection of letters	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89454	See Annual Return 2021