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Title
Tombs of Lord Leverhulme and His Wife
Date
1905–1925
Medium
bronze & black marble
Accession number
CH62_RB_S001
Work type
Tomb or mausoleum
Custodian
Leverhulme family
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Listing date
20/12/65
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Inscription description
on right side, in relief lettering on a bronze decorative plaque: ELIZABETH.ELLEN.WIFE OF / WILLIAM.HESKETH.LEVER / FIRST VISCOUNT LEVERHULME / BORN.4.DECEMBER.1850 / DIED.24 JULY 1913; and matching plaque on left side: WILLIAM.HESKETH.LEVER / FIRST.VISCOUNT.LEVERHULME / FOUNDER OF PORT SUNLIGHT / BORN.19.SEPTEMBER.1851 / DIED.7.MAY.1925