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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.
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.
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.
William Purves (4 July 1888 – 18 September 1964) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] [2] Rugby Union career. Amateur career.
Purves was born in Hill Place, Edinburgh, in 1842, the third son of a surgeon William Brown Purves (1799–1852) and his wife Margaret Purves (née Laidlaw) (1798–1855). [1] [2] By the time he was 13, both his parents had died and he was brought up by two spinster aunts, Jane and Euphemia Laidlaw. From this time, as a tribute to them and his ...
Born in Pontiac, Illinois, Harris served in the United States Navy during World War II. He then worked for his family's funeral home in Pontiac, Illinois and was in the insurance business. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1955 to 1961 and was a Republican. Harris then served in the Illinois State Senate from 1961