UK Elections Info

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Born: 11 May 1815

Died: 31 March 1891

Baron Leveson -

2nd Earl Granville - 8 January 1846

Knighted - 1857

Member of Privy Council - 1846

Vice President of the Board of Trade	1848	1851
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	26 December 1851	27 February 1852
Lord President of the Council	28 December 1852	12 June 1854
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	1854	1855
Lord President of the Council	8 February 1855	26 February 1858
Lord President of the Council	18 June 1859	6 July 1866
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports	1865	1865
Secretary of State for the Colonies	1868	1870
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	6 July 1870	21 February 1874
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	28 April 1880	24 June 1885
Secretary of State for the Colonies	1886	1886

8 February 1837	Morpeth	Whig	Unopposed
25 July 1837	Morpeth	Whig	Unopposed
February 1840 Resignation of Viscount Leveson.
15 September 1841	Lichfield	Whig	Unopposed
8 January 1846 Succession of Baron Leveson to the Peerage - 2nd Earl Granville.