Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet (c. 1647 – 22 December 1691) was anEnglish politician from theLeveson-Gower family.Born William Gower, he was the second son ofSir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet and Frances, daughter and coheir of John Leveson. He added the surname Leveson to his own in 1668, when he inherited theTrentham andLilleshall estates of his maternal great-uncle,Sir Richard Leveson. Leveson-Gower married Lady Jane Granville (the eldest daughter of the1st Earl of Bath) and they had five children:
Leveson-Gower inherited his childless nephew's baronetcy in 1689 and on his own death two years later, was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,John.
Two of Leveson-Gower's well-known direct modern-day descendants are broadcasterClaire Balding and comedianMiranda Hart.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forNewcastle-under-Lyme 1675–1685 With:Sir Caesar Colclough, Bt 1675–1679 Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt 1679–1685 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forSalop 1681–1685 With:Richard Newport | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forNewcastle-under-Lyme 1689–1691 With:John Lawton 1689–1690 Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt 1690–1691 | Succeeded by |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by | Baronet (of Sittersham) 1689–1691 | Succeeded by |