Levy Baronets
Encyclopedia
The Levy Baronetcy, of Humberstone Hall in the County of Leicester, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 February 1913 for Sir Maurice Levy, Liberal
Member of Parliament
for Loughborough
from 1900 to 1918. The third Baronet served as High Sheriff
of Leicestershire
from 1937 to 1938. The title became extinct on his death in 1996.
Arthur Lever
(who had assumed the surname of Lever), younger brother of the first Baronet, was created a Baronet in 1911 (see Lever Baronets
).
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Loughborough
Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Loughborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election.-Boundaries:...
from 1900 to 1918. The third Baronet served as High Sheriff
High Sheriff
A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of...
of Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
from 1937 to 1938. The title became extinct on his death in 1996.
Arthur Lever
Arthur Lever
For the Wales international footballer see Arthur Lever Sir Arthur Levy Lever, 1st Baronet , known as Arthur Levy until 1896, was a Liberal Party politician in England....
(who had assumed the surname of Lever), younger brother of the first Baronet, was created a Baronet in 1911 (see Lever Baronets
Lever Baronets
There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Lever, all in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.The Lever Baronetcy, of Hans Crescent in Chelsea, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 February 1911 for the Liberal politician Arthur Lever...
).
Levy Baronets, of Humberstone Hall (1913)
- Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet (1859-1933)
- Sir Ewart Maurice Levy, 2nd Baronet (1897-1996)