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Leader, Robert, 1809 - 1885

 Person

Biography

Robert Leader was an Alderman and Town Trustee in Sheffield, and proprietor of the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent newspaper. He was the farther of Robert Eadon Leader, journalist, Liberal activist, and historian.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Mundella Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 6
Scope and Contents Correspondence and other papers of Anthony John Mundella, Liberal MP for Sheffield, plus other related correspondence.The content of the papers is mainly political, and consists largely of the correspondence of Mundella. The collection also includes correspondence of the family of Robert Leader, some of which does not relate to Mundella, acquired by Mundella's daughter Maria Theresa who intended to write a biography of her father, and transcriptions by Maria Theresa of...
Dates: 1861 - 1932