Viscount Leathers, of Purfleet in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1954 for the businessman, Conservative politician and public servant Frederick Leathers, 1st Baron Leathers. He had already been created Baron Leathers, of Purfleet in the County of Essex, in 1941, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010 the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1996.
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