Background
He was the second son of George Isaac Leon, a stockbroker, and Julia Ann Samuel.
He was the second son of George Isaac Leon, a stockbroker, and Julia Ann Samuel.
He was re-elected in 1892, but was defeated at the 1895 general election. He stood for Parliament one more time, when he was unsuccessful at the 1906 general election in Handsworth division of Staffordshire. He served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1909 and was created a baronet in the 1911 Coronation honours.
Over the years Leon acquired many plots of land in which he donated for public and educational uses.
Leon gave the land of which is now known as Leon Recreational ground to the local council in demand for it to become a public park for the youth of Fenny Stratford and Bletchley. He also donated other plots of land in the south of Bletchley for them to become public schools for the local children of the Lakes Estate.
In 1970 Leon School and Sports College was built on the Lakes Estate in Bletchley in Leon"s honour.
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He was elected as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Buckingham at an 1891 by-election, after his predecessor Sir Edmund Verney had been expelled from the House of Commons.