Description:Amongst George Granville Leveson-Gower's personal papers is a letter from his father, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquis of Stafford (1721-1803). The letter congratulates George Granville on his marriage to Lady Elizabeth Sutherland, Countess of Sutherland in 1785.
Granville Leveson-Gower writes ‘I most heartily congratulate you on the consummation of your wishes, & the pleasing prospect of your future happiness'. He adds 'no one, I am sure can wish it more’.
The letter demonstrates the strong relationship between George Granville Leveson-Gower and his father. This is particularly apparent where Granville comments ‘there is indeed something selfinterested in the wish as whatever contributes to your happiness must in some degree augment my own’.