Leveson-gower, Sir Francis

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Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, 1st earl Of - 1800–1857, British politician, author, and philanthropist. His family name was Leveson-Gower, but he changed it on inheriting (1833) the estates of his great uncle, Francis Egerton, 3d duke of B...