Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson

Who was Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson?

Sir Leonard Gordon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, 2nd Bt FRS was a British businessman, the former chairman of GUS, and son of GUS magnate Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet. He was Chairman of the Wolfson Foundation. Having been knighted in 1977, he was created a Life Peer on 13 June 1985 with the title Baron Wolfson, of Marylebone in the City of Westminster, and was a member of the Conservative Party. He attended The King's School, Worcester from 1942 to 1945.

On the death of his father in 1991, Lord Wolfson succeeded as 2nd Baronet. He was granted a leave of absence from the House of Lords from 2008.

He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy in 1986, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005. He was also an Honorary Fellow of three Oxford colleges, Wolfson College, St Catherine's College, and Worcester College.

He died on 20 May 2010. He was survived by his widow, Estelle and by his four daughters, Janet, Laura, Deborah, and Elizabeth, all of whom have been married and have children.