Family and Education
b. 12 July 1659, 1st s. of Robert Leveson of Wolverhampton by Sarah, da. of John Povey of Hounslow, Mdx. unm. 2s. illegit. Wolverhampton Par. Reg. (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc.), i. 234; Vis. Staffs. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), 202–3; J. C. Wedgwood, Staff. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt. Arch. Soc.), ii. 161; Shaw, Staffs. ii. 169.
Offices Held
Groom of the bedchamber 1685–8.
Capt. R. Regt. of Drag. June– Aug. 1685, 3rd Hussars 1685, lt.-col. 1687, col. 1688–94; gov. of Berwick 1691–d.; col. 2 Drag. Gds. 1694–d.; brig. of Horse 1691; maj.-gen. 1696.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Wolverhampton, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
LEVESON, Richard (1659-99)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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