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Richard Leveson (1598–1661) Sir Richard Leveson (1598–1661) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. Leveson was the second son of Sir John Leveson of Halling, Kent, an ...
, English politician, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, and for Shropshire *Sir
Richard Leveson (admiral) Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...
(c. 1570–1605), vice-admiral of England and MP for Shropshire *
Richard Leveson (died 1699) Brigadier-General Richard Leveson, 12 July 1659 to March 1699, was the son of a wealthy merchant from Wolverhampton, who served in the army of James II until the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, when he defected to join William III. He fought ...
(1659–1699), major-general and MP for Lichfield and Newport (Isle of Wight)


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Richard Leveson-Gower Richard Leveson-Gower (30 April 1726 – 19 October 1753) was the fourth son of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and a member of the Leveson-Gower family. He served as Member of Parliament for Lichfield Lichfield () is a cathedral city an ...
(1726–1753), MP for Lichfield {{hndis, Leveson, Richard