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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 This collection comprises correspondence and some related papers of Anthony John Mundella, Liberal MP for Sheffield. The content of these letters and papers is primarily political and cover his time as a member of the Cabinet under William Ewart Gladstone, as well as his work as the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education and then the President of the Board of Trade.There are also letters written by Anthony John Mundella to Robert Leader, John Daniel Leader,...
Dates: 1861 - 1932