Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana (Howard) Leveson-Gower (1806 - 1868)

Born 21 May 1806 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Granville (Leveson-Gower) Sutherland-Leveson-Gower — married 28 May 1823 in Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1868 at age 62 in Lancaster House, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Lady Harriet Howard was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Harriet (Howard) Leveson-Gower is a member of Clan Sutherland.

Lady Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard, the third daughter and fifth child of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle, and his wife, Lady Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish was born 21 May 1806.^[1]

She married 28 May 1823 by special licence at Devonshire House, Piccadilly, London, George Granville Leveson-Gower, at that time styled Earl Gower. He succeeded his father as 2nd Duke of Sutherland in 1833, and his mother as 20th Earl of Sutherland in 1839, changing his name to Sutherland-Leveson-Gower by Royal Licence 12 May 1841.^[2]

They had eleven children;^[3]

1. Lady Elizabeth Georgiana, born 30 May 1824;
2. Lady Evelyn, born 8 August 1825;
3. Lady Caroline, born 15 April 1827;
4. George Granville William, born 19 December 1828, succeeded as 3rd Duke of Sutherland, etc;
5. Lady Blanche Julia, born 26 June 1830, died young 24 February 1832;
6. Lord Frederick George, born 11 November 1832, Lieutenant Coldstream Guards, died in the Crimea 6 October 1854;
7. Lady Constance Gertrude, born 16 June 1834;
8. Lady Victoria, born 16 May 1838, died young 19 June 1839;
9. Lord Albert, born 21 November 1843;
10. Lord Ronald Charles, born 2 August 1845;
11. Lady Alexandrina, born 3 February 1848, died young 21 June 1849.

She held the position of Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria from 1837-1841, 1846-1852, 1853-1858 and 1859-1861. As part of this role, she organised the Queens female household, drawing up schedules for the various Ladies in waiting and Maids of Honour ^[4]During the last period in this position, she was the sole companion of the Queen at Windsor during the first weeks after the death of Albert, Prince Consort.

1. Harriet Howard ... She passed away in 1868. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Lodge, p. 101
2. ↑ Cokayne, p. 565
3. ↑ Lodge, p. 540
4. ↑ Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent archives service, The Queen's Approval of the Ladies in Waiting Rota , The Sutherland collection image online
5. ↑ Entered by Janice Hardin, Dec 10, 2011

• Many further original images of records relating to the life of Lady Harriett and other members of the Leverson-Gower family have been digitised by the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service The Sutherland Collection

Further Research Harriet Elizabeth Georgina Sutherland Leveson-Gower , Duchess of Sutherland , styled The Honourable Harriet Howard before her marriage, was Mistress of the Robes under several Whig administrations 1837-1841, 1846-1852, 1853-1858 and 1859-1861 and a good friend of Queen Victoria