Walter Leveson
| Sir Walter Leveson | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Anne Corbet Susan Vernon |
| Issue | |
| Father | Sir Richard Leveson |
| Mother | Mary Fitton |
| Born | 1550 |
| Died | 20 October 1602 |
Sir Walter Leveson (1550 – 20 October 1602) was an Elizabethan Member of Parliament and a Shropshire and Staffordshire landowner who was ruined by involvement in piracy and mental illness.
Walter Leveson was the son of Sir Richard Leveson (died 1560) of Lilleshall Abbey and the grandson of James Leveson (died 1547), a Wolverhampton wool merchant who bought Lilleshall in 1539 after the dissolution of the lesser monasteries and built a house on the site. In 1540 James Leveson also bought Trentham Priory, another recently dissolved Augustinian house, and in 1543 the manor of Lilleshall, a large estate around the abbey site which had formerly been part of the abbey demesne. These formed the nucleus of the family estates. The family name is pronounced /ˈluːsən/ loosen, and could be rendered in many ways in the 16th century, including Lewson, Luson and Lucen.
Leveson's mother was Mary Fitton (1529–1591), daughter of Sir Edward Fitton (died 1548) of Gawsworth, Cheshire, and sister of Sir Edward Fitton (1527–1579) of Gawsworth, a soldier and adventurer who made his fortune in the Tudor conquest of Ireland and rose to be Lord President of Connaught. The family name was sometimes rendered as Futton.
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