King George III and serve as a leading Tory politician. Meanwhile, Leveson-Gower's sixth son John enlisted in the Royal Navy and participated in several naval battles with France during the American War of Independence before entering Parliament and sitting in the House of Commons until his death in 1792. References Footnotes Bibliography 1694 births 1754 deaths 18th-century English politicians Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower Lord-Lieutenants of Staffordshire Lords Privy Seal Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain People educated at Adams' Grammar School