William Levett was the Oxford-educated personal chaplain to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, whom he accompanied into exile in France, then became the rector of two parishes, and subsequently Princ
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Richard Levett
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Sir Richard Levett was an English merchant and politician who was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1699. Born in Ashwell, Rutland, he moved to London and established a pioneering mercantile career, bec
William Levett (dean of Bristol)
…to Edward Heath of London, soliciting the rector's job in Cottesmore, Rutland, which Heath's family owned. William Levett had at least two brothers, Richard, who became Lord Mayor of London, and Francis, an international trader; these two were in business together. Their uncle William Levett was a courtier…
1699 portrait by Godfried Schalcken
Arms of Lord Mayor Levett, Stype's Survey of London, 1720
St. Anne's Church, Kew, burial place of Sir Richard Levett and family
The Rt Hon'ble Sir Richard Levett, Lord Mayor of London, 1700