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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.

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, 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. ).

LEIGH, FRANCIS, son of Sir Francis Leigh, Kt, MP, Hawley, Sutton at Hone, Kent, and his first wife Frances Cheney; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1709, also 1710; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1711, aged 18; of Hawley, Kent; m. Jane, widow of Finch Umfrey, Fawkham, Kent, and dau. of Thomas Gifford, Fawkham, Kent; d. 1734.

LEIGH, SIR EGERTON, BART., third son of Sir Egerton Leigh, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. 19 Jun 1771; in school lists 1775; Ensign, 37th Foot 11 Jun 1776; Lieut., 4 Dec 1778; retd. 8 Sep 1783; succ. father as 2nd baronet 15 Sep 1781; of Rugby Hall, Warwicks.; m. 13 May 1788 Theodosia, widow of John Donellan (qv), and only dau. of Sir Edward Boughton, Bart.; d. 27 Apr 1818, aged 56.

LEIGH, EGERTON, second son of Rev. Peter Leigh, Rector of Lyme, Cheshire, and Middle, Shropshire, and Mary, dau. of Henry Doughty, Broadwell, Gloucs.; b. 25 Oct 1752; adm. 17 Mar 1765; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 Apr 1771, matr. Easter 1772; BA 1775; of West Hall, High Leigh, Cheshire; m. 21 Sep 1778 Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Jodrell, Yeardsley and Twemlow, Cheshire; d. 22 Jun 1833.