* GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE GEORGE LEVESON GOWER, EARL, eldest son of the first Earl Granville, by the daughter of tho fifth Duke of Devonshire. He was born May 11, 1815; educated at Eton, and Christchurch, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1834. In the following year he became catach‘ to his father's embassy in Paris, which however he soon left, and in 1836 was returned to parliament for the borough of Morpeth, and again in 1837; shortly afterwards becoming Under•Seeretary for Foreign Affairs. In 1840 he was attached to the Russian embassy ; but was again returned to parliament in the general election of 1841 for Lichfield. Ho spoke very seldom, and made no impression on the House. From this state of inactivity he was roused by the death of his father in 1846, which event of course called him to the House of Peers. At this time Lord John Russell's ministry was forming, and Lord Gran ville accepted office as Master of her Majesty's Buckhounds. This is at once the key to Lord Granville's public position. Although a man of undeniable business faculties, it is as a courtier and a gentleman that ho is best known; and it is to graceful accomplishments that he owes the chance of cultivating those more solid capacities which he has since exercised. Mr. Milner Gibson found himself awkwardly placed as Vice-President of the Board of Trade: be was too radical for the government, whilst his views, necessarily compromised some little, were not sufficiently bold for his constituents. He resigned, and Lord Granville succeeded to the office ; applying himself diligently, mastering details, and distinguishing himself for practical knowledge as well ae by courtesy of demeanour. From holding this office, he became a commissioner of railways, and a trustee of the British Museum; and he will always be creditably remembered for his share in the Great Exhibition of 1851. Ile was a royal commissioner from the first;
was Chairman of the Executive Committee, and contributed very largely, by his amiability and excellent management, to that unex ampled cordiality and satisfaction which prevailed. When the com missioners and others were invited to Paris in return for similar courtesies shown in Loudon, Lord Oranvillo accompanied them, and delighted the nobles and municipality of Paris, assembled iu the Betel de Ville, by thanking theirs in a speech In their owu language which was perfect in allusion, In accent, and in idiom. u'rabehmea might mistake Lord Grenville fur their conntrytnan. When at the end of 1b51 Lord Palmerston was ousted from the Reseal] Cabinet, for the indiscretion of reeogniaing the new govern sweat of the French empire, without the Queen's knowledge, Lord Grenville succeeded him— but the government broke up, giving Lim time to afford promise only of ministerial firmness and skill. That however ha did, in the affair of Mr. Mather, who was cruelly mimed by en Austrian ofilcer in Florence. He was subsequently 11residect of the Board of Trade under Lord Aberdeen, and l'resident of the Connell melee Lord Palmerston in 1355. lie has also held the of of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Treasurer of the Navy, and Paymaster-General of the Forces. In 1856 he was sent as viewed ambassador to attend the coronation of the Emperor of Russia. Ile married in ISO Maria, the daughter of the Duo de Dalberg, and widow of Sir Ferdinand Dalberg Acton, Batts In politics he is a Liberal and a Free-trader.