Admiral Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson

1868 - 1929  (61 years)

• Name	Arthur Cavenagh Leveson  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Admiral
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	27 Jan. 1868  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Decoration	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)  [3]
  Residence	Before 1929	The Admiralty, Whitehall, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [4]
  Residence	1929	Park Cottage, Midhurst, Sussex, England   [4]
  Residence	1929	22, Basil Mansions, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, England   [4]
  Died	26 June 1929	Contrexéville, France   [1]
  Probate	15 Aug. 1929	London, Middlesex, England   [4]
  	Granted to Jemima Adeline Beatrice, Lady Leveson, widow the Executrix (Effects £6040 15s. 4d.)
  	Certified at Edinburgh, 27 November 1930. [4]
  Military Service	Admiral, Royal Navy  [1]
  Person ID	I2521	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	2 Jan. 2021

  
  

  Family	Jemima Adeline Beatrice Blackwood,   b. 23 March 1880, Torquay, Devon, England ,   d. 29 April 1964, Glindon Nursing Home, 7, Lewes Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England  (Age 84 years)
  Married	3 March 1902  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Jemima Leveson,   b. 15 Nov. 1903, Paddington, Middlesex, England ,   d. 28 April 1963, King Edward VII Sanatorium, Easebourne, Sussex, England  (Age 59 years)   2. Mary Leveson,   b. 8 March 1905, Paddington, Middlesex, England   3. Pamela Leveson,   b. 20 July 1906, Paddington, Middlesex, England + 4. Lt.-Cdr. Arthur Edmund Leveson,   b. 18 June 1908, Paddington, Middlesex, England ,   d. 2 Sept. 1981, Hampshire, England  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jan. 2021
  Family ID	F1267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] The Times, (London, England), Issue 45241, page 18, 28 June 1929. [S23] The Times, (London, England), Issue 49816, page 6, 28 March 1944. "LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER A. LEVESON, R.N.V.R., AND MISS MAUDE "The marriage took place on March 18 at the Church of the Redemption, New Delhi, India, of Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Leveson, R.N.V.R., only son of the late Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson and of Lady Leveson, and Miss Margaret Ruth Maude, Flight Officer, W.A.A.F., only daughter of Group Captain C. E. Maude, R.A.F., and Mrs. Maude, of Woodriding, Ickenham, Middlesex. The Rev. J. D. Tytler officiated. "The bride, who was married from the residence of the Commander-in-Chief, was given away by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten. She wore a dress of white silk, with a long veil of white tulle, and a head-dress of orange-blossom and sweet peas, and carried a bouquet of sweet peas. Captain W. B. Henderson, R.M., was best man. "The reception was held at Faridkot House. Those who accepted invitations included the Viceroy and Viscountess Wavell, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, the Nawab of Rampur, Vice-Admiral G. J. A. Miles, Rear-Admiral R. C. Jerram, Rear-Admiral C. S. Holland, General Sir G. Giffard, Lieutenant-General Sir H. Pownall, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, and many other officers of the services." [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 1, page 1033. [S146] National Probate Index for Scotland, 1876–1936, Year 1930, page L31. "LEVESON, Sir Arthur Cavenagh, of Park Cottage, Midhurst, Sussex, and 22 Basil Mansions, Knightsbridge, London, formerly of The Admiralty, Whitehall, London, died 26 June 1929 at Contrexeville, France, testate. Probate of the Will granted London, 15 August 1929, to Jemima Adeline Beatrice, Lady Leveson, his widow, the Executrix. Certified at Edinburgh 27 November. Value of Estate £6040:15: 4."