Leonard Behrens

Sir Leonard Frederick Behrens CBE (15 October 1890 – 12 March 1978)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician and public figure.

[1] He was active in the family business and with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

During World War I, he worked for the Serbian Relief Fund in Thessaloniki, and was awarded the Order of St Sava.

Back in Britain, he became President of the Manchester Liberal Federation, and was an official of a large number of local bodies, including the Manchester Statistical Society, the Design and Industries Association, the Royal Manchester College of Music, the Hallé Concert Society and the University of Manchester.

[2] He stood unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate in Manchester Withington at the 1945 and 1950 general elections.