James Kitson (businessman)

He acquired some level of education at local schools in Leeds, with Kitson helping out in the family pub as a young child.

[8] William Morris was commissioned to create a stained glass window there in honour of Ann Kitson, who died in 1865.

[1] One son, also named James, followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a locomotive builder, in addition to becoming a politician and the 1st Baron Airedale.

[4] Another son, Arthur Octavius Kitson, was involved in a notorious court case with his brother-in-law William Smoult Playfair, an eminent obstetrician.

After his second marriage, Kitson bought Elmete Hall, in the vicinity of what is now Roundhay Park, to the north of Leeds.