George Gower [SEP] position held
George Gower
George Gower (c.1540–1596) was an English portrait painter who became Serjeant Painter to Queen Elizabeth I in 1581.
Biography.
Very little is known about his early life except that he was a grandson of Sir John Gower of Stittenham, Yorkshire.
His earliest documented works are the two 1573 companion portraits of Sir Thomas Kytson and his wife Lady Kytson, now in the Tate Gallery in London.
Gower painted a self-portrait in 1579 (right) that shows his coat of arms and his
Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (born Feb 1771; christened 12 Feb 1771 St Martin in the Fields, Westminster12 August 1854). She married Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort and was mother of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort and Lord Granville Somerset.
- Lady Susanna Leveson-Gower (born Sep 1772; christened 15 Sep 1772 Trentham26 May 1838). She married Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby.
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (born 12 October 1773, christened 5