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Description: | 11th November 1926
View of the procession through City Square to lay the wreath in front of the War Memorial. On the far left is Miss Jessie Beatrice Kitson a descendant of James Kitson Senior (1807-1885) founder of the Airedale Foundry in Hunslet and famed for building the first locomotive in 1837 with Charles Todd. His eldest son, James, was raised to the peerage of Lord Airedale in 1907. Miss Kitson was the niece of Frederick James Kitson who became Lord Mayor in 1908. He was the son of Lord Airedale's brother, Frederick William Kitson. Jessie Beatrice Kitson went on to become the first woman elected Lord Mayor following the death of Arthur Clark in November 1942. Also seen, in wig and gown is the Town Clerk and Solicitor to the Corporation, Thomas Thornton, the Deputy Lord Mayor, Alderman Leslie Owen, the Lady Mayoress, Ella Lupton and leading the procession, the Sergeant-at-Mace Edward T. Jones. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Lord Mayor City Square War Memorial General Post Office Building Sergent-at-Mace Lady Mayoress Armistice Day Alderman | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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