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About Richard Leveson
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Leveson was a Royal Navy officer, politician and landowner. His origins were in the landed gentry of Shropshire and Staffordshire. A client and son-in-law of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, he became a vice-admiral under him. He served twice as MP for Shropshire in the House of Commons of England. He was ruined by the burden of debt built up by his father.
Everything about Richard Leveson →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1589 Parliament, Member of the 1604-11 Parliament
- Born
- 1570
- Died
- August 2, 1605