George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
British duke
Died when: 74 years 156 days (893 months)Star Sign: Virgo
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, KT, PC (29 August 1888 – 1 February 1963), styled Earl Gower until 1892 and Marquess of Stafford between 1892 and 1913, was a British courtier, patron of the film industry and Conservative party politician from the Leveson-Gower family.
He held minor office in the Conservative administration of Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin in the 1920s and was later Lord Steward of the Household from 1935 to 1936.
As a noted patron of the British film industry, the Sutherland Trophy, awarded by the British Film Institute, is named in his honour.
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