seventeen years she "loved [Granville] to idolatry", but then, she understood that he must marry in order to further his career and assure his posterity, and so she actively collaborated in the arrangements for his wedding to Harriet (known in the family as "Harry-O"), who was understandably reluctant to marry her aunt's lover. Granville had numerous other love affairs, including with Lady Hester Stanhope, the adventurer and antiquarian, who attempted suicide after he jilted her in 1804. It was speculated at the time, and by her biographers since, that Stanhope was pregnant at the time with Granville's child. Lord Granville died in January 1846, aged 72. The Countess Granville died in November 1862, aged 77. A younger son William died in 1833. References Further reading External links , . Retrieved on 17 November 2008. 1773 births 1846 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 Diplomatic peers Earls Granville Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs who were granted peerages Leveson-Gower, Granville Leveson-Gower family Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France Peers of the United Kingdom created by George III Peers of the United Kingdom created by William IV Staffordshire Militia officers