William Levinz

In the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey is a memorial tablet to William Levinz, government official. He was the son of William Levinz and his wife Anne (Buck), and grandson of Sir Creswell Levinz. He was buried in a brick grave in this aisle on 26th August 1765. The white marble tablet with a classical sarcophagus on lion-paws is by sculptor Richard Hayward. The inscription reads:

To the memory of William Levinz, Esquire, grandson of Sir Creswell Levinz Knight, who was Attorney General in the reign of King Charles IId and afterwards one of the justices of the Common Pleas; from which station he was displaced in the reign of King James IId for opposing the dispensing power, and was one of the Council for the Seven Bishops. William Levinz Esquire the son of Sir Creswell represented the county of Nottingham in Parliament, as did his son William Levinz Esquire till the year 1747, when he was appointed a commissioner of His Majesty's Customs, and in the year 1763 Receiver General of the said revenue, in which office he died upon the 17 of August 1765, aged 52 years

He died unmarried. His sister was Mary Sutton.

Further reading for Sir Creswell

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004