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LEVETT, RICHARD BYRD, eldest son of Richard Levett (adm. 1785, qv); b. 24 Nov 1810; adm. 2 Apr 1823 (Stikeman's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1827; BA 1830; Ensign, 60th Foot 12 Apr 1831; Lieut., 4 Sep 1835; retd. 27 Aug 1841; of Milford Hall, Lichfield, Staffs.; DL Staffordshire, JP Staffordshire 1842; m. 1 Aug 1848 Elizabeth Mary, eldest dau. of John Mirehouse, Common Serjeant of London, Mirehouse, Pembrokeshire; d. 7 Jul 1888.

LEVETT, JOHN, son of Theophilus Levett, Lichfield, Staffs., and his first wife Mary, second dau. of John Babington, Packington, Warwicks.; bapt. 17 Jul 1721; adm. (aged 14) Jul 1736 (Taylor's); left 1738; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Feb 1738/9; adm. Middle Temple 21 Feb 1737/8; migrated to Inner Temple 29 Jan1741/2, called to bar 18 Jun 1743; chambers there 5 Feb 1741/2 – 8 May 1753, withdrew from membership Nov 1781; MP Lichfield 1761 – 1 Feb 1762; of Wychnor, Staffs.; d. unm. 22 Nov 1799.

LEVETT, EDWARD, son of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv), and his second wife; bapt. West Wycombe, Bucks. 26 May 1775 (IGI); adm. 21 Jan 1785; KS (aged 13) 1788; elected head to Christ Church 1792, matr. 6 Jun 1792, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1792 – void 4 May 1810 (expiry year of grace as R. Ingestre from 20 Apr 1809); BA 1796; MA 1799; adm. Middle Temple 3 Jun 1788; ordained; Curate, West Wycombe, Bucks.; Rector of Ingestre, Staffs., 12 Apr 1809-11; Rector of Deene, Northants 17 May 1811-20; Rector of Ingestre, Staffs., (again) 8 Apr 1825-9; Rector of Church Eaton, Staffs., 31 May 1825 – Feb 1829; d. 18 Nov 1845, aged 71.

Levett, ---; Dame of a boarding house in Smith Street, first of eighteen recorded boarders adm. May 1741, last recorded boarder adm. Jun 1751. [note will Elizabeth Levett, St.Margaret, Westminster, spinster, dated 1 July 1748, proved PCC 6 Jul 1748, leaving all her personal estate to her “dear and well beloved friend Mr George Davise”]

Lever, Jeffrey Darcy, son of John Roger Lever ACA, of Wimbledon, and Dorothy May, d. of Wil­liam Letts of Blandford, Dorset; b. 29 Mar. 1923; adm. May 1935 (A); left July 1941; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1944, MA 1950; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MB 1946; MD 1954, ScD 1974; lecturer in Anatomy Univ. of Cambridge 1955; Fellow and Dir. of Med. Studies Trin. Coll. 1957-1961; Prof. of Anatomy Univ. of Wales, Cardiff, 1961; dep. Principal Univ. Coll. Cardiff 1984-; Pres. Anatomical Soc. of GB & Ireland 1986-8; author of Introducing Anatomy 1980; m. 21 Dec. 1950 Margaret Emily, d. of Shepherd Eastwood of Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancs.

Leveaux, Vivian Michael, brother of Peter David Leveaux (qv); b. 20 Sept. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left Apr. 1940; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB BS 1945; MRCP MD 1948, FRCP 1969; consult. physician, Derbyshire Roy. Infirmary 1958-; DL Derbyshire 1978; m. 8 Dec. 1951 Eve, d. of Trevor Powell; d. 3 Jan. 2016.

Leveaux, Peter David, son of Montagu Vivian Ellis Leveaux, co. chairman, of Bristol, and Maud, d. of Vivian David Stevens of St Gwithian, Cornwall; b. 9 Jan. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (R); left July 1939; 2nd Lieut. KRRC Mar. 1941, transf. RAC Nov. 1945, Lieut. Nov. 1946; 15/19 Hussars, Capt. Jan. 1948; retd Mar. 1949; Intell. Corps RARO May 1951; a sales manager in Owatonna, Minn., USA; m. 7 Aug. 1943 Roberta Bovd, d. of Felix Sandoz of North Port, Washington, USA. Leveaux, Vivian Michael, brother of Peter David Leveaux (qv); b. 20 Sept. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left Apr. 1940; Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB 1945; MRCP MD 1948, FRCP 1969; a consult. physician Derbyshire Roy. Infirmary 1958; JP 1969; DL 1978; m. 8 Dec. 1951 Eve, d. of Trevor Powell; d. 2001

LETTSOM, SAMUEL, brother of William Garrow Lettsom (qv); b. 17 May 1806; adm. 11 Jan 1820; left Dec 1820; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 May 1824; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Oct 1825, matr. 1825; Ensign, 80th Foot 6 Mar 1827; Lieut., 2 Apr 1829; Capt., 4 Oct 1833; Maj., 17 Jan 1840; retd. 29 Oct 1841; m. Eliza Sophia, dau. of James Hook; d. 18 Jan 1851.