Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet (19 December 1637 – 18 July 1701) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1690 to 1695. Leman was the son of

Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet (died 1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1660. Leman was the son of William Leman of Beccles and his wife Alice. He was a woollen draper and a member ...

and his wife Rebecca Prescot, daughter of Edward Prescot, of Thoby, in Essex, and of London. He inherited the

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on the death of his father in 1667.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> He was appointed

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for 1676–77. In 1690, Leman was elected Member of Parliament for

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and held the seat until 1695. He developed Goodman's Fields, near

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and now in

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. He used family names to identify the streets: alongside

Leman Street Leman Street, once known as Lemon Street, is a street in Tower Hamlets. It was built in the seventeenth century as part of the development of Goodman's Fields. It is named after John Leman who was responsible for this development, which also inc ...

he named

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after his wife's family,

Prescot Street Prescot Street is a street in Aldgate in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Central London. It runs between Goodman's Yard and Mansell Street in the west and Leman Street in the east. The area, including Ayliff Street, Leman Street and Mansel ...

after that of his mother, and Ayliff/Alie Street after his daughter-in-law's family, Aley. Leman died at his house at

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at the age of 63 and was succeeded by his grandson William. He had married Mary Mansell, daughter of Sir Lewis Mansell, 2nd Baronet of Margam in 1655.

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;Notes ;Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leman, William 1637 births 1701 deaths English MPs 1690–1695 Baronets in the Baronetage of England High sheriffs of Hertfordshire People from Northaw