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Arthur Francis Gresham Leveson Gower, ca 1851 - d.1922

Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 1851 ca
Place of Birth:
Date of Death: 1922.12.26
Place of Death: Hadwigh House, Windsor

Identity:

Arthur Francis Gresham Leveson Gower was educated at Eton. He was a diplomat and antiquary.

Life:

His diplomatic career lasted 30 years. In 1899 he was appointed Secretary to the British Legation at the Hague, where he appears to have come into contact with Whistler, who was ill there for some weeks in 1902 (see #11292).

Bibliography:

Times, London, 7 January 1899, p. 11; Obituary, Times, London, 28 December 1922, p. 11.