Joseph Leese

Sir Joseph Francis Leese, 1st Baronet QC (28 February 1845 – 29 July 1914)[1] was a British lawyer and politician who served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Accrington from 1892 to 1910.[1] He was created a baronet on 15 July 1908.[1]

Leese was admitted to the Inner Temple - one of the four Inns of Court - in 1868 and was invested as a Queen's Counsel in 1891. Outside of his legal and political careers, Leese also played first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sir Joseph Francis Leese, 1st Bt.". The Peerage.com. 9 July 2007. http://www.thepeerage.com/p23782.htm#i237818. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
  2. ^ "Joseph Leese". Cricinfo. 2009. http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/16536.html. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Hermon-Hodge		 Member of Parliament for Accrington
1892–January 1910		 Succeeded by
Harold Baker