Leslie Lever, Baron Lever

Leslie Maurice Lever, Baron Lever, GCSG (29 April 1905 – 26 July 1977) was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick from 1950 to 1970, when he retired. Subsequently, he was given a life peerage as Baron Lever, of Ardwick in the City of Manchester on 10 July 1975.^[1]

He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and read Law at Leeds University. He was a solicitor and poor man's lawyer between 1928 and the advent of Legal Aid in 1948, funding his impecunious clients' cases out of his own pocket if they lost. His younger sister and three younger brothers were all lawyers. His brother Harold was also a Member of Parliament.

He served as Lord Mayor of Manchester (1957–58), attending 2,700 official engagements. His political career both as a councillor and M.P., representing inner city slum areas.

He was knighted by Popes John XXIII and Paul VI, as well as by the Queen in 1970^[2] for his philanthropic work. He died in Manchester in 1977, aged 72.

Arms

Arms of Leslie Lever, Baron Lever
Coronet Coronet of a Baron Crest Within a Mural Crown Gules, masoned Or, a Globe thereon a Pair of Keys addorsed wards outwards Or, rising between the Bows thereof a Sun Gules. Escutcheon Gules, within an Orle of Bees volant proper, a Pair of Scales between three Escutcheons two and one Or, each charged with a Rose Gules, barbed and seeded proper. Supporters Dexter: a Lion sejant Or, mane and tail tuft Sable, gorged with a Collar Gules, charged with Pine Cones proper. Sinister: a Bear sejant proper, gorged with a Collar Gules, charged with Pine Cones proper.

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 46633. p. 9003. 15 July 1975.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 45239. p. 13037. 27 November 1970.

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
William D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles & Hilary L. Rubinstein, The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History (2011) pg. 638

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Leslie Lever

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Joseph Henderson	Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick 1950–1970	Succeeded by Gerald Kaufman

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