Viscount Leverhulme
Viscount Leverhulme , of The Western Isles in the Counties of Inverness and Ross and Cromarty , was a hereditary nobility title of the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The naming of the title refers to the surname of the first title holder Lever and the maiden name of his wife Hulme .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on November 27, 1922 for the industrialist and politician William Lever, 1st Baron Leverhulme .
He was already on July 6, 1911 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom the title Baronet , of Thornton Manor in the parish of Thornton Hough in the County of Chester , and on June 21, 1917 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, the title Baron Leverhulme , of Bolton-le-Moors in the County Palatine of Lancaster , which was henceforth listed as a subordinate title of the respective Viscount.
The titles expired on the death of his grandson, the 3rd Viscount, on June 30, 2000, as he left three daughters but no son.
List of Viscounts Leverhulme (1922)
- William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925)
- William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme (1888–1949)
- Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme (1915-2000)
Individual evidence
- ^ The London Gazette : No. 31271, p. 4414 , December 12, 1922.
- ↑ The London Gazette: No. 28566, p. 9826 , December 29, 1911.
- ↑ The London Gazette: No. 30150, p. 6286 , June 26, 1917.
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Leverhulme, Viscount (UK, 1922-2000) at Cracroft's Peerage