Gott, Benjamin, & Sons

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Traced origins to early 1780s when Benjamin Gott, 1762-1840, became a junior partner in the leading Leeds textile merchants, Wormald & Fountaine. In c1790 he was senior partner. Shortly afterward diversified the business by building a very large and advanced woollen textile mill at Bean Ing, Leeds; subsequently he acquired others, notably Armley Mills. Developed as a leading business but its major component remained cloth trading. Management passed to his sons, John and William, in 1820s and the firm, known as Benjamin Gott & Sons, remained a major force until the mid 19th century. Benjamin developed an important country estate and house at Armley from 1792, owning it from 1802