Magazine  (2021)  Page(s) 9. Vol 43, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
Darrell G. H. Schramm.  Sutherland Roses. 
The tenth child, Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower was born in 1845. A sculptor and historian, he would go on to publish much of the duchess’s correspondence in Stafford House Letters, dying in 1916, but not before he had published his Reminiscences. His male lover Frank Hird would later be buried with him. That year, 1845, was, by many accounts, the year Jean Beluze produced the Bourbon rose Leveson-Gower (sometimes spelled Leweson Gower). It may have been named in celebration of Lord Ronald’s birth. (Photo on next page.)
On the other hand, if the rose was created in 1846, as other accounts assert, it may have been named for Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville and ambassador to France, who was known for his rose garden and who died in 1846. In 1809 he had married the daughter of the 5th Duke of Devonshire. She was also the niece of the woman who had been his lover until then and with whom he had fathered two children. According to historian David Wetzel, Granville was “the original stuffed-shirt - starch outside, sawdust within.”  The rose can range in color from light pink to salmon pink to violet pink. Large and full, the flowers exhale a sweet fragrance. Its very few prickles will not deter picking the long stems for a vase. Alternatively, the rose is called Souvenir de la Malmaison Rouge or Souvenir de la Malmaison Rose*. I first saw it in New Orleans’ Armstrong Park, and then at ‘Mottisfont’. It can also be viewed at Europa-Rosarium, Sangerhausen and at Rosarium Petrovic, Serbia, which also sells it. Three rose nurseries in Florida still carry it, as does one in France and one in New Zealand. 

* Ed: Brent Dickerson’s Old Rose Advisor states that Leveson-Gower is not a sport, but probably a sister seedling or related cross, of Souvenir de la Malmaison.

Book  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 22, 23.  
 
Page 22: Souvenir de la Malmaison Rose Bourbon. Jean Béluze, 1845
Page 23: Leveson-Gower Bourbon, Jean Béluze, 1846

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 134.  
 
Leveson Gower Bourbon. Beluze (France) 1846. Description... A sport of 'Souvenir de la Malmaison'... rich pink flowers with a slight coppery-purple flush...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 312.  
 
Leveson Gower Bourbon, rose shaded salmon, 1845, ('Leweson Gower'; 'Leverson Gower'; 'Souv. de la Malmaison Rose'); Béluze. Description.

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 98, 326.  
 
Page 98: Leveson-Gower ('Leweson Gower', 'Malmaison Rose') Bourbon. Béluze 1846... Deep rose, tinged with salmon... Fresh satiny pink,,, violet pink... George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1773-1846, 1st Earl W. [sic] Leveson Gower, Esq., whose Roses at Titsey near Godstone, are well known for their beauty.
Page 326: Leveson-Gower Bourbon. Béluze 1846

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Leweson Gower (Malmaison rouge).....one of Mr. L. Arthur Wyatts re-discoveries of the 50’s.

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Leweson Gower (Malmaison rouge)  (Bourbon) Bright pink to red sport of ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’, one of Mr. L. Arthur Wyatt’s re-discoveries. (C) 4 x 3’.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 310.  
 
Gower, Leweson (Bourbon) Béluze 1846; tender pink to violet red, shaded salmon-pink, very large, double, flat, fragrance 5/10, floriferous, growth 7/10. = Malmaison rose. Sangerhausen

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 448.  
 
Malmaison rose, Souv. de la (Bourbon) Béluze 1845; sport; deep pink, shaded salmon-red, large, double, cupped-to-flat, lasting, solitary or up to 4, fragrance 5710, floriferous, continuous bloom, growth 5/10, well-branched. = Leweson Gower. Sangerhausen

Book  (1903)  Page(s) 206.  
 
Lewson Gower (syn. Souvenir de la Malmaison à fleurs roses), deep pink, large and full.