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Kitson succeeded to the titles of 2nd [[Baron Airedale]] of [[Gledhow]] and 2nd Baronet Kitson on 16 March 1911.<ref>{{cite book|title=Iron & Steel Trades Journal and Iron Trade Circular|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uE1AQAAMAAJ|volume=88|year=1911|page=264}}</ref> Kitson was a director of Midlands Bank, now HSBC.<ref name="Rayner" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Supplement to the London Gazette|date= 27 September 1911|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28535/supplements/7117/page.pdf|work=The London Gazette|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> |
Kitson succeeded to the titles of 2nd [[Baron Airedale]] of [[Gledhow]] and 2nd Baronet Kitson on 16 March 1911.<ref>{{cite book|title=Iron & Steel Trades Journal and Iron Trade Circular|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uE1AQAAMAAJ|volume=88|year=1911|page=264}}</ref> Kitson was a director of Midlands Bank, now HSBC.<ref name="Rayner" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Supplement to the London Gazette|date= 27 September 1911|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28535/supplements/7117/page.pdf|work=The London Gazette|accessdate=4 August 2013}}</ref> |
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Kitson was the president of both the ''Yorkshire and Leeds Liberal Federations''. [[H. H. Asquith]], as [[UK Prime Ministers|prime minister]], reportedly "remained a guest of Lord Airedale during a weekend" at Gledhow Hall in late November, 1913.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Packer|first1=I|title=Liberal Government and Politics, 1905-15|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=oTR-DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA184&dq=Lord+airedale+president+liberal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB5vvgktHWAhVFe7wKHeiKAIsQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=Lord%20airedale%20president%20liberal&f=false|publisher=Springer, 27 Apr. 2006 (Page 184)|accessdate=2 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Premier and Mrs. Asquith leave Leeds|url=http://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=leeds%20airedale%20asquith%20remained%20as%20the%20guest&county=west%20yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1913&to=1914|publisher=29 November 1913 - Leeds Mercury West Yorkshire, England|accessdate=2 October 2017|quote=Yesterday morning, the Premier and Mrs. Asquith left Leeds by the 10.15 Great Northern train. Here again the militants were bluffed, for it had been previously announced that Mr. Asquith would remain as the guest of Lord Airedale during the weekend...}}</ref> |
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As [[Peerage|peers of the realm]], the Kitsons were invited to pay homage to [[George V|King George V]] at his coronation at [[Westminster Abbey]] on 22 June of that year. Florence Kitson's mother, Kate Schunck, was also invited but she "may have been too frail to attend as she died in 1913".<ref name="Rayner">{{cite news|last1=Rayner|first1=Gordon|title='Middle-class' Duchess of Cambridge's relative wore crown and attended George V's coronation|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10307469/Middle-class-Duchess-of-Cambridges-relative-wore-crown-and-attended-George-Vs-coronation.html|work=Daily Telegraph|location=UK|date=13 September 2013|accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref> |
As [[Peerage|peers of the realm]], the Kitsons were invited to pay homage to [[George V|King George V]] at his coronation at [[Westminster Abbey]] on 22 June of that year. Florence Kitson's mother, Kate Schunck, was also invited but she "may have been too frail to attend as she died in 1913".<ref name="Rayner">{{cite news|last1=Rayner|first1=Gordon|title='Middle-class' Duchess of Cambridge's relative wore crown and attended George V's coronation|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10307469/Middle-class-Duchess-of-Cambridges-relative-wore-crown-and-attended-George-Vs-coronation.html|work=Daily Telegraph|location=UK|date=13 September 2013|accessdate=20 August 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:03, 2 October 2017
Albert Ernest Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale (7 October 1863 – 11 March 1944) was a British peer. He was inter alia a director of Midlands Bank, now HSBC.
Family
Kitson was the son of James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale, an iron and steel manufacturer in Leeds. He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA, before following his father into the family business.[1]
On 23 January 1890, at Mill Hill Chapel in Leeds, Kitson married Florence Schunck (1868–1942), daughter of Edward, Baron von Schunck (1816–1889) and Kate Lupton (1832–1913). The wedding guests included Herbert Gladstone, son of Prime Minister William Gladstone. Florence Schunck was the granddaughter of Darnton Lupton, the former Mayor of Leeds. Francis Martineau Lupton and his mother were also guests at the wedding.[2] The Kitsons had seven daughters.
Kitson succeeded to the titles of 2nd Baron Airedale of Gledhow and 2nd Baronet Kitson on 16 March 1911.[3] Kitson was a director of Midlands Bank, now HSBC.[4][5]
Kitson was the president of both the Yorkshire and Leeds Liberal Federations. H. H. Asquith, as prime minister, reportedly "remained a guest of Lord Airedale during a weekend" at Gledhow Hall in late November, 1913.[6][7]
As peers of the realm, the Kitsons were invited to pay homage to King George V at his coronation at Westminster Abbey on 22 June of that year. Florence Kitson's mother, Kate Schunck, was also invited but she "may have been too frail to attend as she died in 1913".[4]
A music-lover, Lord Airedale supported the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival in 1928.[8] His nephew was composer Christian Darnton.
When the Prime Minister's wife, Margaret Lloyd George, visited Leeds in December 1920 for a reception for women supporters of the Liberal Coalition, she stayed with Lady Airedale at Gledhow Hall. [9][10]
Florence Kitson died on 8 July 1942.[11] Albert Kitson died on 11 March 1944 at Stansted, Essex, and the barony was inherited by his younger brother Roland.[12][13]
Gledhow Hall
The Kitsons acquired Gledhow Hall in 1911. It was the subject of a painting by the artist, J.M.W. Turner in 1816. During World War I Lord Airedale offered the hall for use as a Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital in April 1915. The hospital was managed by the Headingley Company of the St John Ambulance Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). On 22nd May 1915, 50 patients were moved to the hall from the 2nd Northern General Hospital at Becketts Park. Lord Airedale's cousin, Edith Cliff, was the Commandant and his daughter Doris was a VAD nurse.[14][15]
References
- ^ "Obituary: Lord Airedale". The Times. London, England. 13 March 1944. p. 6 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Marriage of Mr Albert Kitson". The Yorkshire Post. 24 January 1890. Retrieved 18 May 2013 – via Genes Reunited.
- ^ Iron & Steel Trades Journal and Iron Trade Circular. Vol. 88. 1911. p. 264.
- ^ a b Rayner, Gordon (13 September 2013). "'Middle-class' Duchess of Cambridge's relative wore crown and attended George V's coronation". Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). The London Gazette. 27 September 1911. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ Packer, I. "Liberal Government and Politics, 1905-15". Springer, 27 Apr. 2006 (Page 184). Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Premier and Mrs. Asquith leave Leeds". 29 November 1913 - Leeds Mercury West Yorkshire, England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
Yesterday morning, the Premier and Mrs. Asquith left Leeds by the 10.15 Great Northern train. Here again the militants were bluffed, for it had been previously announced that Mr. Asquith would remain as the guest of Lord Airedale during the weekend...
- ^ "Works Performed". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. West Yorkshire, England. 4 October 1928. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
.... (attending were) the Countess of Harewood, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop Kensington (Dr. Maud)....Lord Airedale...(also)Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - 8 October 1928: "Lord Airedale is the possessor of one the finest collections of Leeds pottery in the country. He combines with this hobby his enthusiasm for music...(also Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 22 September 1928)...TO-DAY'S REHEARSALS To-day at three o'clock and again the evening, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival) will rehearse the full chorus...
- ^ Lloyd George, David (1973). "The Lloyd George Liberal Magazine 1920-1923, Volume 1, Issues 1-6". Great Britain: Harvester Press (re-print). pp. 246–385. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Lady Airedale". No. Leeds Mercury 9 December 1920. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
Lady Airedale, with whom Mrs (Dame Margaret) Lloyd George has been staying on her Leeds visit, was the daughter (of the late Edward, Baron von Schunck and Kate Lupton)...
- ^ "Local News – Wills". Yorkshire Evening Post. West Yorkshire, England. 15 October 1942. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
8 July: The Right Hon. Florence, Baroness Airedale, of Crown Cottage, Essex, and formerly of Gledhow Hall, Leeds, wife of Baron Airedale and daughter of the late Edward, Baron von Schunck, had left £2,445 (net personalty, £3,397)...
- ^ Edward, Baron von Schunck (2nd World War ed.). Burke's Peerage. 1939. p. 2696. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage 1931 - AIREDALE". Copyright © UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
Seat-Gledhow Hall, Leeds. Town Residence-3, Cadogan Square, S.W. London
- ^ "The Gledhow Hall scrapbook". Leeds Libraries. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Reed, Michael (2016). "Gledhow Hall". House and Heritage - David Poole. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
Further reading
- Wilson, Peter (1995). War, State and Society in Württemberg, 1677-1793. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780521483315.
- Edward Darnton, John (1933). The Von Schunck family : A history of the Hanau branch and connections. J. E. Darnton – Printed in England by Simpson and Co.
- Miller, Jill Ashley (2007). Call Back Yesterday. London: Strathmore Publishing London 2007. ISBN 978-0-9550887-3-5. Retrieved 29 March 2017.