Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (9 June 1859 – 26 August 1933) was a British

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politician.

Early life

Levy was born in 1859 in

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. He was the second son of Joseph Levy of Leicester and elder brother of

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, who was also a Liberal MP.The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History and educated at

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Career

He was

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of Hart and Levy (Limited), wholesale merchants and manufacturers, of Leicester and

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. He was Liberal MP for the

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Division of

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from 1900–18, first contesting the seat as the Liberal candidate at the 1900 General Election when he narrowly held the seat for the Liberals. He was active in parliament opposing the

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which sought to restrict Jewish immigration from eastern Europe. He was re-elected at the following three general elections.British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S. He was

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ed in 1907 and created first Levy Baronet, of Humberstone Hall in the County of Leicester, in 1913. During World War One he worked under

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at the Ministry of Munitions and was a member of Lloyd George's special trade mission to Ireland. He retired from parliament without contesting the 1918 general election. and became a

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in the County of Leicester. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Leicestershire and served as

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for 1926–27.

Personal life

In 1885, Levy was married to Elise Ray Zossenheim, a daughter of Max Zossenheim, of Leeds and Harrogate, and they lived at Humberstone Hall in Humberstone,

. Together, they had one son, who inherited the baronetcy, and four daughters (Violet, Doris, Alex, and Norah), including.Who Was Who * Sir Ewart Maurice Levy, 2nd Baronet (1897–1996), who married Hylda Levy, a daughter of Sir Albert Levy, founder of the Ardath Tobacco Company, Ltd., and one of Britain's best known philanthropists, in 1932. Sir Maurice died on 26 August 1933 while on holiday at

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and was buried at

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