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About George Granville
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne PC, of Stowe, Cornwall, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 until 1712, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lansdown and sat in the House of Lords. He was Secretary at War during the Harley ministry from 1710 to 1712, but became a prominent Jacobite after 1714. He was also a noted poet and made a name for himself with verses composed on the visit of Mary of Modena, then Duchess of York, while he was at Cambridge in 1677. He was also a playwright, following in the style of John Dryden.
Everything about George Granville →- Occupation
- poet, playwright, politician, writer
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, member of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain
- Born
- March 9, 1666
- Died
- January 29, 1735, January 8, 1734