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CodeDS/UK/1999
NameLever; Arthur Levy (1860-1924); 1st Baronet; English Liberal Party politician
Variations of NameArthur Levy (-1886)
Dates1860-1924
GenderMale
BiographySir Arthur Levy Lever, 1st Baronet (17 November 1860 – 23 August 1924), known as Arthur Levy until 1896, was a Liberal Party politician in England.

Lever was Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich from 1906 to January 1910. He was returned to the House of Commons at the 1922 general election as National Liberal MP for Hackney Central, but stood down at the 1923 general election.

Born Arthur Levy, he assumed the surname of Lever in lieu of Levy by deed poll in 1896 and by Royal license in 1911. In 1911 he was made a Baronet, of Hans Crescent in Chelsea. His elder brother Maurice Levy was also a Liberal politician and was created a Baronet in 1913.

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