Lupton family

This article is about the Yorkshire family. For the American family, see John Thomas Lupton.

Lupton crest displayed in 1922, recorded by Sir Bernard Burke in 1844 as a "Wolf's head and neck erased sable" from the arms granted to ancestor Roger Lupton by Henry VII[1]

The Lupton family in Yorkshire achieved prominence in ecclesiastical and academic circles in England in the Tudor era through the fame of Roger Lupton, provost of Eton College and chaplain to Henry VII and Henry VIII. By the Georgian era, the family was established as merchants and ministers in Leeds. Described in the city's archives as "landed gentry, a political and business dynasty",[2] they had become successful woollen cloth merchants and manufacturers who flourished during the Industrial Revolution and traded throughout northern Europe, the Americas and Australia.

Members of the family contributed to the political life of the UK and the civic life of Leeds well into the 20th century.[2] Several members were well acquainted with the British royal family[3] and were philanthropists. Some were Lord Mayors of Leeds and M.P.s and progressive in their views.[4] They were associated with the Church of England and the Unitarian church. The Lupton Residences of the University of Leeds are named after members of the family.

Catherine, Princess of Wales is a great-granddaughter of Olive Lupton who married Richard Noel Middleton in 1914.[5]

  1. ^ Burke, Sir John Bernard (1844). Encyclopædia of Heraldry, Or General Armory of England, Scotland and Ireland: Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms. H. Bohn. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Headingley Castle". Leodis – A photographic archive of Leeds. Leeds City Council Archives. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ^ Rayner, Gordon (23 June 2013). "How the family of 'commoner' Kate Middleton has been rubbing shoulders with royalty for a century". UK Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 January 2015. The Leeds-based Lupton family ... have been close to royalty for decades
  4. ^ Lupton, C. A. (1965). The Lupton Family in Leeds. Wm. Harrison and Son.
  5. ^ Timmons, A. (July 2020). Kate Middleton and Prince William. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. p. 31. ISBN 9781508188858. Retrieved 2 October 2020.