LEISHMAN, SIR WILLIAM BOOG, third son of William Leishman MD LRCS, Regius Professor of Midwifery, Glasgow Univ., and Augusta Selina, eldest dau. of George Drevar, Dublin; b. 6 Nov 1865; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (G); left May 1880; Glasgow Univ.; MB and CM 1886; Hon. LLD 1913; Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps 27 Jul 1887; Maj., 27 Jul 1899; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 15 Apr 1905; Lieut. -Col., 11 Dec 1911; Brevet Col., 15 Oct 1912; Col., 1 Mar 1915; Maj. -Gen., 24 Oct 1918; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Jul 1923; Assistant Prof. of Pathology, Army Medical Coll., Netley 1900-3; Professor, Medical Staff Coll. and Royal Army Medical Coll., 1 Feb 1903 – 31 Jan 1914; Director of Pathology, War Office 1 Jun 1919 – 28 Jul 1923; Director Gen., Army Medical Service, War Office, from 29 Jul 1923; served in Waziristan expedition 1894-5, and in 1914-18 war as Adviser on Pathology, Western Front; mentioned in despatches LG 17 Feb 1915, 29 May 1917, 25 May 1918; made significant contributions to medical bacteriology; FRS 5 May 1910; Harben Lecturer 1910; President, Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1911-2; Hon. Physician to George V 15 Oct 1912; FRCP 1913; Linacre Lecturer, Cambridge 1925; knighted 16 Jun 1909; CB 18 Feb 1915; KCMG 3 Jun 1918; KCB 1 Jan 1924; Commander, Legion of Honour 1915, Grand Officer 1925; DCM (USA) 1919; Hon. LLD McGill Univ. Montreal 1914; Busby Trustee 1920; a Governor of the School from 1921; m. 17 Jun 1902 Maud, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. Edward Gunter, Reading, Berks., East Lancashire Regt.; d. 2 Jun 1926. DNB.
Leishman, Austin William Drevar, son of Sir William Boog Leishman (qv); b. 17 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1925; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929, MA 1947; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP BM 1932; MRCP 1935, DM 1937, FRCP 1950; RAMC 1939-45 (Maj. and hon. Lieut.-Col.); successively physician Ruthin Castle, consult. physician Roy. Sheffield Infirmary and Doncaster Gate Hosp., Rotherham; m. 1 June 1938 Elizabeth, d. of Carlton Oldfield FRCS FRCP, of Harewood, Yorks; d. 17 Mar. 1978.
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
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, brother of Francis Leigh (qv); b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 13) 1717; left 1720.