Richard Leveson (admiral)
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Sir Richard Leveson was an important Elizabethan 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 Vice-Admiral under him. He served twice as MP for Shropshire in the English parliament. He was ruined by the burden of debt built up by his father.
Vice Admiral Sir Richard Leveson, from a portrait miniature by Isaac Oliver.
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Leveson's patron and father-in-law - also known as Howard of Effingham, the title under which he was summoned to the House of Lords by a writ of acceleration.
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, whose cousin, Susan Vernon, married Walter Leveson, thus becoming Richard Leveson's step-mother. Essex commanded the land forces at Cadiz.
The Ark Royal (1587), by Claes Janszoon Visscher.
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
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Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, KG, known as Lord Howard of Effingham, was an English statesman and Lord High Admiral under Elizabeth I and James I. He was commander of the English forces during the battles against the Spanish Armada and was chiefly responsible for the victory that saved England from invasion by the Spanish Empire.
Charles Howard c. 1620 (Daniel Mytens the Elder)
Image: Autograph of the Lord High Admiral Charles Lord Howard of Effingham
Seal dating from 1585.
Queen Elizabeth I by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (1592).