George Leeman (August 1809 – 25 February 1882)[1][2] was a lawyer, railwayman and a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of York in the nineteenth century.

[3] [9] Leeman resigned as chairman of the NER in 1880 after the failure of his mining company reduced his wealth and harmed his health.

[2][4] He lived at The Mount, York, and married twice, first to Jane Johnson in 1835, and second to Eliza, the widow of Rev.

[5] One son, William Luther Leeman, attended St. Edmund Hall, Cambridge, and University College, Durham, and was Rector of Middleton St. George, 1874–6, Vicar of Rosedale, Yorkshire, 1877–9, and of Seaforth, Lancashire, 1879–82.

[6][13][14][15] Another son, Francis Lawley Leeman (born 19 July 1854, died 1883), attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.