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==Notable people== *[[Arthur Louis Aaron]], Leeds' only Second World War recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], was born in Gledhow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=200341_30665225|title=Arthur Louis Aaron Statue, Eastgate|first=G. Wilson|last=Leeds Library & Information Services|publisher=}}</ref> *[[Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet]] (1787β1874), railway promoter and politician, was born at Gledhow Hall.<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=McLean |first=Iain |title=Beckett, Sir Edmund [known as Edmund Denison], fourth baronet (1787β1874), railway promoter and politician |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/57573}}</ref> *[[Albert Johanneson]], professional footballer (Leeds United) lived in Gledhow Towers.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/albert-johanneson-book-turns-a-spotlight-on-leeds-united-hero-1-5267683| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170926143505/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/albert-johanneson-book-turns-a-spotlight-on-leeds-united-hero-1-5267683| archive-date = 2017-09-26| title = Albert Johanneson: Book turns a spotlight on Leeds United hero β Yorkshire Evening Post}}</ref> *[[James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale]], industrialist and [[Member of Parliament|MP]].<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Lord Airedale|work= The Times |date= 13 March 1944|page= 6|via= The Times Digital Archive<!--|accessdate= 3 August 2013-->}}</ref> *[[Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale]], ''inter alia'' a director of [[Midland Bank]] and [[British peer]].<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Lord Airedale|work= The Times |date= 13 March 1944|page= 6|via= The Times Digital Archive<!--|accessdate= 3 August 2013-->}}</ref>
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