Educated Shrewsbury - a stockbroker. W WI, Royal Artillery, Medals, George V 1914-18, The Great War for Civilisation, George VI Defence Medal.

PBC- Benevolent to the National Trust for Clandon Park, Surrey, the restoration of the gardens at Ham House, Surrey, redecoration of the Bath Assembly Rooms, establishment at Huchenden, Bucks, of a textile workshop which came to be known as the Levy Textile Conservation Room. A Patron of the Arts,
lover of pictures and music. He bequeathed his Old Masters to the Tate Gallery, London and a large proportion of his money to the National Trust.