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William Purves (rugby union) (active 1912–1913), Scottish rugby union player Bill Purves (born 1870), Irish professional footballer William Laidlaw Purves (1842–1917), Scottish-born surgeon
Sir William "Willie" Purves, CBE, DSO (Chinese: 浦偉士, born 27 December 1931) was a Scottish banker until his retirement in 1998.He was the first Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings following the creation of a holding company to act as parent to The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the Midland Bank following the former's acquisition of Midland in 1992.
On 8 September 2022 the firm took charge of the remains of Elizabeth II following her death at Balmoral Castle and were appointed to arrange her funeral, though some of the work in Scotland was carried out by William Purves. [13] [14] [15] Leverton & Sons was given Elizabeth and Philip's coffins on becoming the Royal Undertaker.
Viewing (museum display) Museum of Funeral Customs. In death customs, a viewing (sometimes referred to as reviewal, calling hours, funeral visitation in the United States and Canada) is the time that family and friends come to see the deceased before the funeral, once the body has been prepared by a funeral home. [1]
The Purves, later Purves-Hume-Campbell, later Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell Baronetcy, of Purves Hall in the County of Berwick, was a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 25 July 1665 for William Purves. The fourth baronet married Lady Anne, daughter of Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont. Their grandson, the sixth ...
Another London firm, William Garstin, not J H Kenyon, assisted with the funeral arrangements for King George V. [4] In 1991, the royal undertaking warrant passed to Leverton & Sons, a 200-year-old family owned and operated firm of funeral directors. [5] Leverton & Sons was established in St Pancras in 1763 by Devonshire carpenter John Leverton.
This week's Free Press Flashback is from the archive, a 1984 interview with Rev. Charles G. Adams shortly after becoming president of the NAACP.
First is the detailed 1825 atlas and survey of the estate when in the ownership of Sir William Purves-Hume-Campbell. [4] The second is the sale particulars [ 5 ] of the auction of the house and estate in June 1913, held by John D Wood and instructed on behalf of Sir John Hume Campbell, Bt., the last of the Hume owners.