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GB-2014-WSA-10977 · Person · ca. 1729-?

LEIGNES, CHARLES PETER, son of John Leignes, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jul 1737; apprenticed to Wlliam King, citizen and clockmaker 9 Dec 1741; m. 23 Dec 1759 (IGI) Louisa Belliard, St. Ann’s, Westminster.

GB-2014-WSA-10976 · Person · ca. 1689-1719

LEIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Thomas Leighton, Richmond, Surrey., and Susan, dau. of Sir Thomas Nott, Obden, Worcs., and Richmond, Surrey; b.; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1708, matr. 7 Jun 1708, aged 19, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1708; BA 1715; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Apr 1709; Lieut. and Capt., 1715; killed in a duel with Maj. Thompson, “at a tavern in Westminster” 23 Sep 1719 (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, vii, 51).

GB-2014-WSA-10975 · Person · 1898-1955

Leighton, Percy Lewis, brother of Albert Lewis Leighton (q.v.); b. April 16, 1898; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); K.S. 1913; left July 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1915; 2nd Lieut. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt. April 7, 1916; Lieut. Oct. 7, 1917; served in France in Great War I (wounded) and on the N. W. Frontier 1920; retired from the Army 1921 and became a local government publisher; Lieut. Pioneer Corps retaining seniority as Capt. R. O. The Queen's Regt., Aug. 13, 1940; Major; served in Egypt; m. Feb. 6, 1947, Nancy Potter, daughter of T. E. Limener, of Thames Ditton, Surrey; d. April 5, 1955.

GB-2014-WSA-10974 · Person · ca. 1723-1772

LEIGHTON, HERBERT, son of Lieut. -Col. Daniel Leighton MP, and Jane, Bedchamber Woman to Princess of Wales, widow of Capt. Michael Barkham, and dau. of Nathaniel Thorold, Lincoln; b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1734; left 1738; Page of Honour to Princess of Wales 1738-42; Equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales 1742; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 25 Dec 1744, half-pay 27 Nov 1752; Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Frederick, Prince of Wales 9 May 1750-1, and subsequently to the future George III as Prince of Wales; lic. to m. 23 Dec 1743 Harriet, dau. of Henry Wilson, Ashwelthorpe, Norfolk; d. 1772 (will proved PCC 17 Oct 1772, of St. Margaret’s, Westminster).

GB-2014-WSA-10973 · Person · 1895-1958

Leighton, Albert Lewis, son of Albert Leighton, of Esher, Surrey, by Alice Esther Gillot, daughter of Charles Jeremiah Needham, of Sheffield, Yorks; b. Dec. 22, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left July 1914; temp. 2nd Lieut. Sept. 22, 1914, 13th Service Batt. King's Royal Rifle Corps Oct. 22, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1915; acting Capt. Sept. 14, 1917; invalided; In­ structor Officer Cadet Batt. Feb. 1918 - Oct. 1921; served in France July 1915 - Oct. 1917; M.C. Aug. 16, 1917; local government publisher since Feb. 1919; Capt. R. A. S. C. June 17, 1940; d. Feb. 4, 1958.

GB-2014-WSA-10972 · Person · 1909-1931

Leigh-Hunt, Egerton Shelley Walter Hanbury, son of Maurice Egerton Leigh-Hunt of Hertford; b. 9 May 1909; adm. May 1922 (G); left Dec. 1923; d. in Singapore after a road accident 15 Jan. 1931.

GB-2014-WSA-10971 · Person · 1932-2003

Leigh-Clare, James William George, son of Cedric Octavius Leigh-Clare, Principal, GPO, and Agnes Beatrice Buckland, d. of George Buckland Green, Faraday Fellow, St John’s Coll. Oxf.; b. 4 Jan. 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1950; BA 1955, MA 1958; ASA 1956, FIA 1958, FCIA 1965; consult. actuary Coopers & Lybrand, Toronto, Canada; m. 30 May 1959 Nancy Elizabeth, d. of Norman Victor Lowe, of Ontario, Canada; d. 7 Aug. 2003.

Leigh, William, ca. 1704-?
GB-2014-WSA-10970 · Person · ca. 1704-?

LEIGH, WILLIAM, brother of Francis Leigh (qv); b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 13) 1717; left 1720.

Leigh, Philip, d. 1656
GB-2014-WSA-10969 · Person · d. 1656

LEIGH, PHILIP; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1620, adm. scholar 1621; BA 1624/5; ordained; Vicar of Redbourn, Herts., 1630-43, sequestered; Perpetual Curate of Nettleden, Bucks., 1647; m. 31 Jul 1634 Sarah Smith, Wheathampstead, Herts.; buried Redbourn, Herts. 2 Sep 1656.

Leigh, James, 1724-1774
GB-2014-WSA-10968 · Person · 1724-1774

LEIGH, JAMES, son of William Leigh, Adlestrop, Gloucs., and Mary, dau. of Robert Lord, York Buildings, Villiers Street, Strand, London; b. 22 Jun 1724; adm. (aged 14) Oct 1738 (Bainbrigg's); left 1739; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1740/1; Grand Tour (Italy); of Adlestrop, Gloucs.; m. 10 Mar 1755 Lady Caroline Brydges, dau. of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos (qv); d. 31 Mar 1774 (M. I. Adlestrop, Gloucs. ).