[1] Jones also studied law, became a solicitor, and set up his own practice which he ran for thirty years.
The name was suggested by Jones' son, Leslie Jnr, as a counterpart to Thomas Scherman's Little Orchestra Society in New York.
[3] The players came from the London "pool", which consisted of prominent orchestral musicians – James Galway, Alan Loveday and Derek Wickens, to mention a few.
[4][5] Raymond Cohen led the orchestra in the early days, and in later years the leader was William Armon.
[7] Being an early advocate of period performance practice, he recorded Joseph Haydn's "Paris" and "London" symphonies.