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Sir Herbert Leon
In office Preceded by Sir Edmund Verney Succeeded by William Carlile
Born
Herbert Samuel Leon
(1850-02-11 ) 11 February 1850Died 23 July 1926(1926-07-23) (aged 76 ) Nationality British Political party Liberal Party Spouse(s ) First Wife Esther Julia Beddington (1873–1875, died) Children George Leon Parents
George Isaac Leon (father)
Julia Ann Samuel (mother)
Residence(s ) Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire Occupation Financer and Liberal Party politician Profession Financer, politician Website http://www.mkheritage.co.uk
Sir Herbert Samuel Leon, 1st Baronet (11 February 1850 – 23 July 1926)[1] Liberal Party politician, now best known as the main figure in the development of the Bletchley Park estate in Buckinghamshire .[2]
He was the second son of George Isaac Leon, a stockbroker, and Julia Ann Samuel. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP ) for Buckingham at an 1891 by-election ,[3] [4] Sir Edmund Verney had been expelled from the House of Commons .[4] 1892 ,[5] 1895 general election .[4] 1906 general election in Handsworth division of Staffordshire .[6]
He served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1909 and was created a baronet in the 1911 Coronation honours.[7] [8]
Over the years Leon acquired many plots of land, which he donated for public and educational uses. Leon gave the land, now known as Leon Recreational Ground, to the local council to become a public park for the youth of Fenny Stratford and Bletchley . He also donated other plots of land in the south of Bletchley for them to become public schools for the local children of the Lakes Estate .
Leon was Chairman of the Rationalist Press Association from 1913 until 1922.[9]
In 1970 Leon School and Sports College was built on the Lakes Estate in Bletchley in Leon's honour. In September 2012 the school was renamed as Sir Herbert Leon Academy as a sign of appreciation for the works and funding Leon and his late wife had brought to the local area.[10]
The actor John Standing and the author, Simon Sebag-Montefiore are descendants, as are Sir Lancelot Royle , Anthony, Lord Fanshawe and Timothy Royle .[11]
Coat of arms of Herbert Leon
Crest
Issuant from a mural crown Or a demi-lion Gules grasping in the paws a sunflower leaved and slipped Or seeded Sable.
Escutcheon
Gules two sunflowers erect slipped leaved and eradicated Or seeded Sable.
Motto
Seek The Truth [12]
References [ edit ]
^ "No. 26168" . The London Gazette
^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 225. ISBN 0-900178-27-2
^ "No. 26311" . The London Gazette
^ Craig, op. cit. page 385
^ "American Jewish Year Book" . Archive.org . 1911. p. 151. Retrieved 16 February 2016 .
^ "No. 28566" . The London Gazette
^ Whyte, Adam Gowans (1949), The Story of the R.P.A. 1899–1949 , London: Watts & Co., p. 93
^ "Leon School and Sports College, Buckinghamshire" . Teachweb.co.uk . Retrieved 16 February 2016 .
^ Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh (2017) [2000]. Enigma: The Battle for the Code . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. xvi. ISBN 978-1-4746-0832-9
^ Burke's Peerage . 1959.
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