Richard Leveson (admiral)

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Richard Leveson
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	Vice Admiral Sir Richard Leveson, from a portrait miniature by Isaac Oliver.
Born	c. 1570
Died	2 August 1605; London
Buried	St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton
Allegiance	Kingdom of England
Branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1586–1605
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands	Admiral of the Narrow Seas
Battles / wars	Spanish Armada; Battle of Cadiz (1596); Islands Voyage; 4th Spanish Armada Siege of Kinsale; Battle of Castlehaven; ; Battle of Sesimbra Bay;
Relations	Son of Sir Walter Leveson and Anne Corbet

Sir Richard Leveson (c. 1570 – 2 August 1605) 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.