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Title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
The
Leon Baronetcy
, of
Bletchley Park
in
Bletchley
in the
County of Buckingham
, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
. It was created on 5 July 1911 for
Herbert Leon
, a financier and
Liberal
Member of Parliament
for
Buckinghamshire North
from 1891 to 1895. The third Baronet was married to the actress
Kay Hammond
. Their son, the fourth Baronet, is the actor
John Standing
.
The Leon family owned
Bletchley Park
in
Buckinghamshire
between 1883 and 1937. It was then used as a codebreaking establishment during the Second World War.
Leon baronets, of Bletchley Park (1911?)
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The
heir apparent
is the present holder's son, Alexander John Leon (born 1965).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is the present holder's grandson, Thomas Alexander Melford Leon (born 1998).
Arms
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Coat of arms of Leon baronets
- 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
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Notes
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- ^
Burke's Peerage
. 1959.
References
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