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The Kitsons acquired [[Gledhow|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Gledhow Hall scrapbook |url=https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2014/07/25/the-gledhow-hall-scrapbook/|publisher= Leeds Libraries|date=25 July 2014|accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Reed|first1=Michael|title=Gledhow Hall|url=https://houseandheritage.org/2016/09/05/gledhow-hall/|publisher=House and Heritage - David Poole |year=2016|accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref> |
The Kitsons acquired [[Gledhow|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. Lady Airedale maintained an active interest in nursing following the [[Great War]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Gledhow Hall scrapbook |url=https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2014/07/25/the-gledhow-hall-scrapbook/|publisher= Leeds Libraries|date=25 July 2014|accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Reed|first1=Michael|title=Gledhow Hall|url=https://houseandheritage.org/2016/09/05/gledhow-hall/|publisher=House and Heritage - David Poole |year=2016|accessdate=15 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lady Airedale’s Interest|url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=st%20lute%20%20lady%20airedale%20%20clergy&county=west%20yorkshire%2c%20england|accessdate=20 November 2017|publisher=Leeds Mercury, West Yorkshire, England|date=5 July 1922|quote=I hear that Lady Airedale is interested in tommorrow's ball in aid of the Hostel of St Lute. The Hostel is a nursing home for the clergy, their wives and children. One of Lady Airedale's daughters is married to a doctor.}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:59, 20 November 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]
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, 1911. Florence Kitson's mother, Kate Schunck, was also invited but she "may have been too frail to attend as she died in 1913".[4]
Politics and music
Kitson was president of both the Yorkshire and Leeds Liberal Federations. Prime Minister Asquith was his guest at Gledhow Hall in November 1913.[6][7]
Like his father, Lord Airedale was a music-lover and supported the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival. He owned one the finest collections of Leeds pottery in the country.[8][9][10] 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.[11][12]
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. Lady Airedale maintained an active interest in nursing following the Great War.[13][14][15]
Death
Florence Kitson died on 8 July 1942.[16] Albert Kitson died on 11 March 1944 at Stansted, Essex, and the barony was inherited by his younger brother Roland.[17]
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 in Leeds...Premier and Mrs. Asquith leave Leeds". 27-29 November 1913 - Leeds Mercury West Yorkshire, England. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Leeds Triennial Music Festival". Yorkshire Evening Post. West Yorkshire, England. 7 October 1925. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "The Yorkshire Post - Monday, October 8, 1928". The Yorkshire Post, Monday October 8, 1928. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "The Outlook: A Weekly Review of Politics, Art, Literature, and Finance, Volume 26". The Outlook Publishing Company 1910 (Page 523). Retrieved 2 October 2017.
....held the post of secretary of the Leeds Triennial Music Festival, and now appears as vice-chairman
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lady Airedale's Interest". Leeds Mercury, West Yorkshire, England. 5 July 1922. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
I hear that Lady Airedale is interested in tommorrow's ball in aid of the Hostel of St Lute. The Hostel is a nursing home for the clergy, their wives and children. One of Lady Airedale's daughters is married to a doctor.
- ^ "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.
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.