Hyman Appleby Leon (1 May 1898-), twice Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Richmond, Surrey and second Mayor of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Leon opened a woman's clothes shop in Richmond in the 1920s before becoming a member of the borough council. In 1938 he acquired the site for a new synagogue in the town, as the existing one was no longer large enough. He was awarded the OBE in 1946.
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