Francis Ley

Sir Francis Ley, 1st Baronet (3 January 1846-27 January 1916), was an English businessman who owned Ley's Malleable Castings Vulcan Ironworks in Derby, which made iron-based goods for the British Empire. By extension, he also owned Baseball Ground from 1890 to 1924 as an attempt to introduce baseball into the United Kingdom. In 1905, Ley was created a Baronet, of Epperstone Manor in Epperstone in the County of Nottingham.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]