Entries for the tag ‘Wright, Griffith (1784-1846)’
Leeds magistrate, last mayor of the Corporation (1834-35), owner after his grandfather and father of the Leeds Intelligencer. 
- 30 May 1835: The (Tory-dominated) Leeds Corporation gives its assets to three cronies to prevent their being inherited by the new (Whiggish) town council created by the Municipal Corporations Act
- 27 June 1835: On the eve of municipal reform, the Leeds Mercury maps the self-electing clan that runs the Leeds corporation
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