was the daughter of Sir Edward Cunard 2nd Baronet. Her grandfather Sir Samuel Cunard had founded the famous Cunard shipping line. The couple had three children one of whom was Lorna Pricilla Leatham. In 1890 Edmund Leatham died but Jeanette continued to live at Wentbridge House. She remarried in 1896. Her new husband was Daniel Arthur Nielson who owned Hundhill Hall in Pontefract and was 14 years her senior. The couple lived at Wentbridge House until 1902 when Arthur died. They had two children one of whom was Harriette Margaret Neilson (known as Riette). After Arthur’s death Jeanette continued to live at Wentbridge with her children from both of her marriages. She was known to be a philanthropist and she established and funded a convalescent home for children in Wentbridge for over twenty years. She died in 1919 and her children remained at the house. Riette Neilson married Victor Cochrane-Baillie, 3rd Baron Lamington in 1922. In 1935 Lorna married Sir Alvary Trench-Gascoigne and moved to his ancestral home Lotherton Hall near Leeds. In 1946 the house was but on the market and bought by George Limnell Lyon who was the director of several shipping companies. Wentbridge House today Wentbridge House was sold to the Select Group of hotels in 1987. The Page family subsequently purchased the property in 1993 and still own it today. The hotel now provides accommodation, restaurant facilities and function rooms for weddings and other special events. References External links Wentbridge House Hotel website Country houses in West Yorkshire