Sir Samuel Hardman Lever

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Hi all,

It's been a good few months since I've posted anything on here but I have a little mystery which I'm currently trying to solve but I'm not getting very far!

I was searching for a record of a Samuel Lever (b. abt 1845) which I'd guess is a rare name and whilst digging I found the most curious record for a man named Sir Samuel Hardman Lever. Now although he was born in 1869, I'm very excited about this as the Samuel I'm looking for is the son of Alice 'Hardman' and Samuel Lever. Although the dates don't correspond I'm almost certain there's a link there somewhere, but I'm struggling to find a birth record for Samuel Hardman Lever (b. 1869) or find out who his parents are.

According to his Wikipedia page, he was born in Bootle, Lancashire and a probate record for him shows he died in Winchester in 1947. My Lever and Hardman family in Lancashire are all based around Liverpool, Bootle and West Derby so this has got me quite excited...

I didn't post this in the Lancashire board because I think this will cover more than one county, but feel free to move it if I have made a mistake!

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Sir Samuel Hardman Lever, baronet (1869–1947) was born on 18 April 1869 at 21 Bedford Place, Bootle, Lancashire, the younger of the two sons of Samuel Lever, a cotton dealer, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Cain. Only the forename Samuel appears on his birth certificate. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Stan

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Samuel Hardman Lever (Sir Bt) is listed in the Electoral Register in 1922 at 64 Eaton Square, Knightsbridge St George's Ward, Westminster, London with Mary Edythe Lever (Lady).

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Samuel Hardman Lever married Mary Edythe Gault on 5th June 1900 in Montreal, Canada.
He was listed as living in New York.

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I cannot find a birth registration for Samuel (Hardman) Lever, or the family in the 1871 Census. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives a full record of his life, e.g. In 1900 he married Mary Edythe, the daughter of Matthew Hamilton Gault of Montreal. There were no children of the marriage.
but the original post said that he was searching for a record of a Samuel Lever (b. abt 1845).

Stan

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Could it be possible that he was born illegitimately and be registered as Samuel Hardman ?

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I thought of that  There is no Samuel Hardman.
Samuel Lever and Elizabeth Cain were married in the West Derby Registration District in the September ¼ 1866
Stan

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Interestingly in FreeBMD  there are
Births Jun 1869   Lever    Samuel        W. Derby    8b   440
Deaths Jun 1870   Lever    Samuel    1    W. Derby    8b   204

Stan

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Samuel Lever baptised St Peter's Church, Liverpool 2 Mar 1845, parents Samuel & Alice LEVER, living Great Howard Street, father a grocer.