Philip Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme

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Philip William Bryce Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme (1 July 1915 – 4 July 2000) was a British peer and racehorse owner.

Early life

He was the only son of the 2nd Viscount Leverhulme and his first wife, Marion Beatrice Smith. He was born on 1 July 1915. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

During the Second World War, he served in the Middle East with the Cheshire Yeomanry, and late became an honorary colonel. After the war, he managed his father's estates at Thornton Manor.[1] In 1954, he bought the Badanloch estate, in Sutherland, Scotland.

In 1949, he inherited his father's titles and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire that year, a post he held until 1990, making him the longest serving Lord Lieutenant in the country.[1]

His lifelong passion was horse racing, the subject of his 1976 maiden speech in the House of Lords. A racehorse owner, he served as Chairman of Chester Racecourse and as a senior steward of the Jockey Club. He was a supporter of the Animal Health Trust, a veterinary research establishment.[1] He was Chancellor of the University of Liverpool from 1980 to 1993 and appointed a Knight Companion of the Garter in 1988.

Marriage and issue

On 1 July 1937, he married Margaret Ann Moon (died 1973), and they had three daughters:

  • The Hon. Susan Elizabeth Moon Lever (born 1938), married (Hercules) Michael Pakenham.
  • The Hon. Victoria Marion Ann Lever (1945–2021), married (1) Sir Richard Pole, 13th Baronet, (2) Gordon Apsion, (3) Peter Tower.
  • The Hon. (Margaret) Jane Lever (born 1947), married Sir Algernon Heber-Percy.

Succession

He died on 4 July 2000. As Leverhulme was the last male descendant of the 1st Viscount and died without male heirs in 2000, his titles became extinct.

Honours and decorations

File:Order of the Garter UK ribbon.svg File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg
File:Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.png File:Ribbon - Africa Star.png File:France and Germany Star BAR.svg File:Defence Medal BAR.svg
File:Ribbon - War Medal.png File:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg File:Territorial Decoration (UK) ribbon.PNG

Ribbon Description Notes
File:Order of the Garter UK ribbon.svg Order of the Garter (KG)
  • Knight Companion
  • 1988
File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg Order of St John (KStJ)
  • Knight of Justice
File:Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.png 1939-1945 Star
File:Ribbon - Africa Star.png Africa Star
File:France and Germany Star BAR.svg France and Germany Star
File:Defence Medal BAR.svg Defence Medal
File:Ribbon - War Medal.png War Medal
File:UK Queen EII Coronation Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
  • 1953
File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
  • 1977
  • UK Version of this Medal
File:Territorial Decoration (UK) ribbon.PNG Territorial Decoration (TD)

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References

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Honorary titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
1949–1990 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Viscount Leverhulme
1949–2000 Template:S-ttl/check 		Extinct

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