Arthur Lever

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Sir Arthur Levy Lever, 1st Baronet (17 November 1860 – 23 August 1924), known as Arthur Levy until 1896, was a British Liberal Party politician.

Background

Born Arthur Levy, a son of Joseph Levy, of Leicester. He was educated at University College School and privately. In 1896 he married Beatrice Falk.[1] In 1900, they had a son, Tresham Joseph Philip Lever. Beatrice died in 1917.[2] He assumed the surname of Lever in lieu of Levy by deed poll in 1896 and by Royal licence in 1911.

Military career

He joined the army. He served with the 2nd V.B. Royal Fusiliers. He reached the rank of Major before retiring.[3] Following the outbreak of war in 1914, he was re-commissioned. He served in the European War as a Major in the 2/1st Battalion London Regiment of the Royal Fusiliers. He then moved to serve on the Headquarters’ Staff, Southern Command, with rank of Colonel. He was Deputy Director of Recruiting for South-Eastern Region in 1917.[4]

Political career

File:Arthur Lever.jpg
Arthur Lever

Lever was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich in 1906.

He served as a Justice of the Peace in Essex. In 1906 he was appointed to the Royal Commission on Coast Erosion and Afforestation, serving until 1911. He lost his Harwich seat to the Conservatives at the January 1910 General Election. At the December 1910 General Election he stood unsuccessfully at Wolverhampton South.[5]

In 1911 he was made a Baronet, of Hans Crescent in Chelsea. He was a Member of the London War Pensions Committee. He was returned to the House of Commons at the 1922 general election as National Liberal MP for Hackney Central,

He stood down at the 1923 general election.

His elder brother Maurice Levy was also a Liberal politician and was created a Baronet in 1913.

Election results

General election 1906 Harwich[6] Electorate 13,144
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Arthur Lever 5,650 51.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Harry Newton 5,308 48.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 342 3.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 10,958 83.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing n/a

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1922:Hackney Central[7] Electorate 35,033
Party Candidate Votes % <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Arthur Lever 9,795 46.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas McKinnon Wood 6,825 32.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Arthur Lynch 4,507 21.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 2,970 14.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 21,127 60.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno Swing n/a

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Liberal Yearbook, 1907
  2. ↑ ‘LEVER, Col Sir Arthur Levy’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 12 Jan 2014
  3. ↑ Liberal Yearbook, 1907
  4. ↑ ‘LEVER, Col Sir Arthur Levy’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 12 Jan 2014
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 (Craig)

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:Error
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Harwich
1906 – January 1910 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Member of Parliament for Hackney Central
1922 – 1923 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Hans Crescent)
1911–1924 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Arthur_Lever&oldid=4919179"