Revolutionary leaders located in rallies round France (8,7)

I believe the answer is:

founding fathers

'revolutionary leaders' is the definition.
(leading figures in the American Revolution)

'located in rallies round france' is the wordplay.
'located' becomes 'found' (I've seen this in another clue).
'rallies' becomes 'gathers'.
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'france' becomes 'f'.
'gathers' going around 'f' is 'gfathers'.
'found'+'in'+'gfathers'='FOUNDING FATHERS'

(Another definition for founding fathers that I've seen is " Pioneers".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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