Sir Herbert Samuel Leon was an English financier and Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician, now best known as the main figure in the development of the Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park

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 estate in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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Life

He was the second son of George Isaac Leon, a stockbroker, and Julia Ann Samuel. He was elected as the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Buckingham

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 at a by-election 1891, after his predecessor Sir Edmund Verney

Sir Edmund Verney, 3rd Baronet

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 had been expelled from the House of Commons. He was re-elected in 1892

United Kingdom general election, 1892

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, but was defeated at the 1895 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1895

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. He stood for Parliament one more time, when he was unsuccessful at the 1906 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1906

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 in Handsworth division of Staffordshire.

He served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

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in 1909 and was created a baronet in the 1911 Coronation honours.

Leon School and Sports College, Buckinghamshire is named after him.

External links

• ‘A Maudlin and Monstrous Pile’: The Mansion at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire by Kathryn A. Morrison, Transactions of the Ancient Monument Society (PDF)