Richard Leveson, English admiral (born c. 1570)

Richard Leveson (admiral)

English naval officer, politician, and landowner

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…