George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne PC, of Stowe, Cornwall, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 until 1712, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lansdown and sat in the House of Lords. He was Secretary at War during the Harley ministry from 1710 to 1712.
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Granville as depicted in Walpole's A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors, 1806.![Heraldic achievement of George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, detail from parapet of Queen Anne's Walk, Barnstaple, Devon, completed circa 1713. Motto of Granville, Baron Lansdowne: Deo, Patriae, Amicis ("For God, my Country and Friends"). The motto of his uncle John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath was: Futurum invisibile ("The future is unseen")[7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/GranvilleArms_QueenAnne%27sWalk_Barnstaple_Devon.PNG/330px-GranvilleArms_QueenAnne%27sWalk_Barnstaple_Devon.PNG)
Heraldic achievement of George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, detail from parapet of Queen Anne's Walk, Barnstaple, Devon, completed circa 1713. Motto of Granville, Baron Lansdowne: Deo, Patriae, Amicis ("For God, my Country and Friends"). The motto of his uncle John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath was: Futurum invisibile ("The future is unseen")[7]
Arms of Granville: Gules, three clarions orWriters born in the 1660s 6
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George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne PC, of Stowe, Cornwall, was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 until 1712, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lansdown and sat in the House of Lords. He was Secretary at War during the Harley ministry from 1710 to 1712. He was also a noted poet and made a name for himself with verses composed on the visit of Mary of Modena, then Duchess of York, while he was at Cambridge in 1677. He was also a playwright, following in the style of John Dryden.
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