Levett family

[Russell]

Although not members of the peerage, the Levett family was long a
member of the English landed gentry, and intermarried with various
peerage families.

I'm wondering if anyone has any information about them? A branch of
the original Sussex family resides today in Staffordshire (although
the Levett name vanished in the last generation and is now Haszard).

Many thanks in advance!

[Richard R]

The family of Haszard (formerly Levett) of Milford Hall, Stafford
appears in the 1952 edn of the LG. I don’t have that edn to hand but
here’s what I’ve been able to glean from other sources:

Col Gerald Fenwick Haszard CBE DSC DL (1894-1967), son of Captain H F
Haszard RN, marr 1928 Dyonese Rosamond dau & heir of Captain W S B
Levett DL JP of Milford Hall, Stafford and had two sons, the eldest of
whom:
Richard Haszard (?-?) inherited Milford Hall and m 1959 Elizabeth dau
of Mr Ockleshaw of Clough Road, Liverpool and had issue
Richard Byrd Levett Haszard b 196? of Milford Hall, Stafford, m 1990
Sarah (b 1966) dau Thomas Michael McNair Scott of Highfield House,
Jersey (LG family of Huish House. Thomas’ father, Maj Ronald Guthrie
McNair Scott (d 1995) m Hon Mary Cecilia Berry (d 1996) dau of 1st
Viscount Camrose). Richard & Sarah Haszard have issue
1 William Richard Levett Haszard b 1994
2 Patrick Thomas Levett Haszard b 1998
1 Francesca Rosamund Cecilia Haszard b 1991

[Russell]

Many thanks for that informative summary. Happy holidays to you.

[Michael Rhodes]

The BLG 1914 has two Levett families therein: Levett of Milford Hall,
and Levett, late of Wychnor Park.

The Levetts of Milford Hall, viz-

William Levett, of Savernake, Wilts, Page to Charles I at the time of
the monarch's death,
/
Sir Richard Levett, Knt, Lord Mayor of London 1700, who had with other
issue a dau, Elizabeth married 1713, Sir Richard Hulse, Bt and...
/
Richard Levett, Alderman of London = Anne Sweetaple
/
Rev. Richard Levett, Rector of Blithfield and Leigh, Co Staffs =
Catherine Walcot, of Walcot, Salop
/
Rev. Richard Levett, d 1805, Vicar of West Wycombe, Bucks = Lucy dau
of Edward Byrd, of Brocton & Smallwood (and by her came the Milford
estates)
/
Rev. Richard Levett (d 25 Aug 1843), of Milford Hall, Staffs, b 17 Nov
1772, m 16 Jan 1804, Louisa Frances (d Mar 1864), 4th dau of the Rev.
Walter Bagot, of Blithfield, co Staffs (and sister of the 1st Baron
Bagot), by Anne his wife dau of William Swinnerton, of Butterton Hall,
co Staffs, and left with a dau Frances Mary who d unm 1882
/
Lt-Col Richard Byrd Levett, of Milford Hall, JP, DL, BA (Ch Ch Ox
1830); Lt-Col commanding 3rd Battalion, Staffordshire Rifles; b 24b
Nov 1810; d 8 Jul 1887; married 1 Aug 1848, Elizabeth Mary, dau of
John Mirehouse, of Brownslade, co Pembroke, Common Serjeant of London,
by Elizabeth his wife, dau of Dr Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, and had
issue, 4 sons and 3 daus:-
/
(1.) Richard Walter Byrd MIREHOUSE, CMG, of the Hall, Angle, co
Pembroke; JP, DL; High Sheriff 1886, b 5 May 1849; d. assumed the
surname of Mirehouse in lieu of his patronymic; m 22 Jun 1881, Mary
Beatrice, yst dau of Thomas Entwistle, of Wolhayes, co Hants, and had
issue, 3 daus, (i) Gladys Sybil Evelyn, b 18 Apr 1882 m 20 Feb 1912,
Newton Seymour Allen (see LG Allen of Cresselly), (ii) Ruth Violet
Esther, b 5 Jun 1883; m 25 Aug 1909, Brevet Maj C.A. Wilkinson, of The
King's Shropshire Light Infantry; (iii) Cecil Elinor b 7 Apr 1886, m 7
Jul 1910, Philip Ocatavius Lambton, son of Lt-Col. F.W. Lambton

(2.) William Swinnerton Byrd Levett, of Milford Hall, JP, DL, Capt
Roy. Inniskilling Fus; b 22 Jan 1856; succeeded his father, 1888; m 8
Jul 1896, Maud Sophia, yr dau of Maj. Edward Levett, 10th Hussars, of
Wychnor (see next thread), and had issue; (i) Richard William Byrd, b
30 May 1897; (ii) Dyonese Rosamund, b 13 Apr 1900.

(3.) Egerton Bagot Byrd LEVETT-SCRIVENER, of Sibton Abbey, co Suffolk;
Commander RN; Bursar of Keble College, Oxford; b 11 Feb 1857; married
(1) March, 1884, Mabel Desborough (d May 1890), 2nd dau of Sir Harry
Smith Parkes, GCMG, KCB, late HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Peking;
married (2) 3 Sept 1891, Mary, only dau of Henry John Mirehouse, of St
George's Hill, Somerset (see Mirehouse of Hambrook), and has issue
from the 1st marr; (i) Evelyn Harry Byrd, b Jan 1885; (ii) Alaric
Parkes, b Apr 1886; and from the 2nd marriage: Iris Theodora,
Winnifred Violet, and Pamela.
He assumed the surname of Levett-Scrivener by Deed Poll in 1889, under
the will ofn his great-aunt, Mrs Dorothy Pike-Scrivener, whom he
succeeded.

(4.) Walter Leveson Byrd Levett, of Wyanstone Leys, co Monmouth; JP; b
1859; m 1 Oct 1884, Helen, dau of Charles Lambert, of Park Lane,
London, and had issue: (i) Richard Walter b 19 Jan 1890; (ii) Max, b 4
Jul, d 7 Oct 1891; (iii) Mary Beatrice, b 28 June 1886 married
____Benson; (iv) Rachel Helen, b 13 Mar 1900.

(1.) Louise Mary Levett
(2.) Evelyn Honora Levett
(3.) Isabel Mary Levett, m 6 Jul 1898, Harry R. Bruxner, JP, of
Chaseley House, Rugeley, and has issue.


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[Michael Rhodes]

Levett of Wychnor Park, co Staffs:-

Theophilus Levett (d 1746), married Mary, 2nd dau and co-heir of John
Babington, of Packington, co Warwick, and had with issue inc Anne who
married the Rev Richard Levett, of West Wycombe, and John, who
purchased Wychnor in 1765
/
Thomas Levett, of Wychnor Park, m 1762, Catherine, dau and eventual co-
heir of Charles Floyer, of Hints, co Stafford, by Susannah his wife
dau of Waldyve Willington, of Hurley, co Warwick, and had with a son
the Rev Thomas Levett (who married a Gresley of the Gresley Bts) and a
dau Catherine wife of her cousin William Humberstone Cawley Floyer,
of Hints Hall, co Staffs
/
Theophilus Levett (d 3 Dec 1839), of Wychnor Park; High Sheriff of
Staffs 50 Geo. III; Recorder of Lichfield; m 1794, Frances (d 1833),
dau of Thomas Prinsep, of Croxall Hall, co Derby, and had 3 sons and 2
daus, inc a son Thomas who took the surname Prinsep (from whom
descends Levett-Prinsep, of Croxall); his 1st son
/
John Levett (d 19 Dec 1853), of Wychnor Park, and Packington Hall; m
19 Feb 1829, Sophia Elizabeth (d 22 Nov 1863) niece of the Marquess of
Ailsa, dau of the Hon Robert Kennedy, by Jane his wife sister of Gen
Alexander Macomb, Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United
States, and had 5 sons, Theophilus, Robert, Edward, Charles & Henry,
and 1 dau, Sophia Frances Margaret (she m Rev the Hon G.B. Legge,
brother of the Earl of Dartmouth)
/
Theophilus John Levett, of Wychnor Park, JP, DL, MP for Lichfield,
1880-85; b 11 Dec 1829; d 26 Feb 1899; married 10 Jan 1856, Lady Jane
Lissey Harriet Feilding (d 26 Apr 1912), dau of the 7th Earl of
Denbigh, and had issue:-

(1) Theophilus Basil Percy Levett, formerly of Wychnor, JP; late the
Coldstream Guards; b 11 Dec 1856; married 27 May, 1884, Lady Margaret
Emily Ashley-Cooper, eldest dau of the 8th Earl of Shaftesbury.

(2) Berkeley John Talbot Levett, Capt The Scots Guards, of 17
Lancaster Gate; b 11 Nov 1863; married 2 June 1900, Sibell Lucia, only
dau of Hamar Alfred Bass, DL (see Burke's Extinct Peerage, Bass
Barony), and had issue, (i) Theophilus Francis Michael, b 1905; Sidney
John Armine Douglas b 26 Jun 1906; Joan Angel May b 1903.

(1) Mary Louisa Margaret Levett, married 24 Oct 1903, Henry Walter
Drummond, scion of the Earls of Perth.

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[Russell]

Many thanks for taking the time to post such a comprehensive reply.
Best, Russell

On Dec 30, 11:14 am, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote: