Leveson is a surname. The name as printed can represent two quite different etymologies and pronunciations:
A Leveson family who were
Merchants of the Staple became very influential in
Wolverhampton in the late Middle Ages, supplying both lay support and clergy to
St Peter's Collegiate Church. They were the ancestors of a number of important
landed gentry and
peers, in various branches, including the
Leveson-Gowers. Their name could be rendered in numerous ways in the early modern period: Levison, Leweson, and Luson are all common. To modern readers, the latter represents the pronunciation most accurately. An example of its use is a letter to
Robert Cecil, dated 5 August 1602, which reports that "eight of the galleys which fought with Sir Richard Luson were repaired."[1] Leveson is an example of an English
surname with counterintuitive pronunciation. The generally accepted pronunciation is /ˈljuːsən/LEW-sən. It is a
patronymic from
Louis or Lewis.
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surnameLeveson. If an
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