Darnton Lupton (1806–1873) lived at Potternewton Hall from the 1830s. He was the Mayor of Leeds in 1844 and a magistrate. He was a director of the Bank of Leeds. Darnton Lupton supported building Leeds Town Hall and as vice president of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, presided over the "Exhibition of Local Industry" arranged in conjunction with its opening. He was a member of the welcoming party that greeted Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who opened the town hall on 7 September 1858. He was created a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by Napoleon III for the "Exhibit of Cloths" in the Paris Exhibition of 1855.