Leeds Baronets
The Leeds Baronetcy, of Croxton Park in the County of Cambridge, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 December 1812 for George Leeds. He was an equerry to Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. The Croxton Park estate in Cambridgeshire had been in the Leeds family since circa 1568. As of 2011 the presumed ninth and present Baronet, a resident of Canada, has not successfully proven his succession and is not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. Leeds baronets, of Croxton Park (1812) *Sir George William Leeds, 1st Baronet (1773–1838) *Sir Joseph Edward Leeds, 2nd Baronet (1798–1862) *Sir Edward Leeds, 3rd Baronet (1825–1876) *Sir George Augustus Leeds, 4th Baronet (1849–1894) *Sir Edward Templer Leeds, 5th Baronet (1859–1924) *Sir Reginald Arthur St John Leeds, 6th Baronet (1899–1970) *Sir George Graham Mortimer Leeds, 7th Baronet (1927–1983) *Sir Christopher Anthony Leeds, 8th Baronet (1935–2009) *John Charles Hildyard Le ...
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Leeds Escutcheon
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by population) in England, after London and Birmingham. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production centre, including of carbonated water where it was invented in the 1760s, and trading centre (mainly with wool) for the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a major mill town during the Industrial Revolution. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook the nearby York population. It is l ...
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