The Leeds Baronetcy, of Croxton Park in the County of Cambridge, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 December 1812 for George Leeds. He was an Equerry

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 to Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex

Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex

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. The Croxton Park estate in Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

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 had been in the Leeds family since circa 1568. As of 2011 the presumed ninth and present Baronet, a resident of Canada

Canada

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, has not successfully proven his succession and is not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.

Leeds Baronets, of Croxton Park (1812)

• Sir George William Leeds, 1st Baronet (1773-1838)
• Sir Joseph Edward Leeds, 2nd Baronet (1798-1862)
• Sir Edward Leeds, 3rd Baronet (1825-1876)
• Sir George Augustus Leeds, 4th Baronet (1849-1894)
• Sir Edward Templer Leeds, 5th Baronet (1859-1924)
• Sir Reginald Arthur St John Leeds, 6th Baronet (1899-1970)
• Sir George Graham Mortimer Leeds, 7th Baronet (1927-1983)
• Sir Christopher Anthony Leeds, 8th Baronet (1935-2009)
• Sir John Charles Hildyard Leeds, 9th Baronet (b. 1941)