Person:Francis Leveson-Gower (1)

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Francis Leveson-Gower
b.1 Jan 1800
d.18 Feb 1857
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Name Francis Leveson-Gower
Alt Name Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Jan 1800
Marriage to Harriet Catherine Greville
Death[1] 18 Feb 1857
Reference Number? Q1149445?


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Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, (1 January 1800 – 18 February 1857), known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts. Ellesmere Island, a major island (10th in size among global islands) in Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, was named after him.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.