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![An MP for Leeds and Ripon from 1841-57 and was a benefactor to Leeds Infirmary, St Chads Church, Headingley and the Mechanics Institute.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMzcyNzkz.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. William Beckett (1784-1863)
An MP for Leeds and Ripon from 1841-57 and was a benefactor to Leeds Infirmary, St Chads Church, Headingley and the Mechanics Institute. | jpimedia
![Inherited his father's shoe company Stylo, and formed property company Town Centre Securities in 1959. Was a major sponsor of Tropical World at Roundhay Park which is now named after him.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMzcyNzk5.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Arnold Ziff (1927-2004)
Inherited his father's shoe company Stylo, and formed property company Town Centre Securities in 1959. Was a major sponsor of Tropical World at Roundhay Park which is now named after him. | jpimedia
![The pair sought to improve the lot of child workers and vigorously promoted the Ten Hour Bill their efforts resulted in a Government inquiry and in 1833 the first Factory Act, which enshrined in law a 12-hour day for children.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMzcyODE3.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
9. Michael Thomas Sadler (1780-1835) and Richard Oastler (1789-1861)
The pair sought to improve the lot of child workers and vigorously promoted the Ten Hour Bill their efforts resulted in a Government inquiry and in 1833 the first Factory Act, which enshrined in law a 12-hour day for children. | jpimedia
![M&S was founded in 1884 in Leeds. Simon Marks, son of founder Michael, once said: Whats the use of being rich unless you can do something with your money? Rich men must learn to give.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMzcyODI1.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
10. Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer
M&S was founded in 1884 in Leeds. Simon Marks, son of founder Michael, once said: Whats the use of being rich unless you can do something with your money? Rich men must learn to give. | paPhoto: PA
![Born in Hunslet this self-made millionaire was responsible for buying and then donating Kirkstall Abbey to the city. He amassed a fortune by cornering the world market in nitrate, which was in great demand to make explosives.](https://sttms.blob.core.windows.net/images/QVNIMTEyMzgyMjEy.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
11. Colonel John Thomas North (1841-1896)
Born in Hunslet this self-made millionaire was responsible for buying and then donating Kirkstall Abbey to the city. He amassed a fortune by cornering the world market in nitrate, which was in great demand to make explosives. | jpimedia