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William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme, DL (25 March 1888 – 27 May 1949), was the son of William Hesketh Lever and Elizabeth Ellen, daughter of Crompton Hulme of Bolton.
William Lever built Britain’s largest company and in so doing, made the first modern multinational. And unlike the US Robber Barons, for Lord Leverhulme his British workers' welfare was as important as his wealth. But this didn't extend to his African workers, with fatal consequences.
William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme, DL (25 March 1888 – 27 May 1949), was the son of William Hesketh Lever and Elizabeth Ellen, daughter of Crompton Hulme of Bolton.
Viscount Leverhulme, of the Western Isles in the Counties of Inverness and Ross and Cromarty, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1922 for the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Baron Leverhulme.
William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme FRGS FRIBA, [1] ( / ˈliːvə /, / ˈliːvəhjuːm /; 19 September 1851 – 7 May 1925) was an English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician.
Elizabeth gave birth to seven babies, of which sadly only one survived, William Hulme Lever who later became the second Viscount Leverhulme. The earlier children, all but one unnamed, were buried in the family grave at Stand Chapel.
William Hulme, Second Viscount Leverhulme, was born in Bolton, Lancashire on 25 March 1888, a son of William Hesketh Lever, the founder of the soap making business of Lever Brothers Ltd; his birth interestingly coinciding with the first stages in the construction of the works at Port Sunlight.
Jun 16, 2013 · William Hesketh Lever, first Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), soap manufacturer and philanthropist, was born on 19 September, at 16 Wood Street, Bolton.
Jul 30, 2009 · The first biography was written by Lever's son, the second Viscount Leverhulme, shortly after Lever's death; and the second was published in 1976. Both are problematic: one obviously biased, the other dated, and both border on hagiography.
William Hesketh Lever, first Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925) Listen. W H Lever was a successful soap manufacturer who founded the model industrial village of Port Sunlight, one of the most significant of its kind in Europe.
