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Leighton, Herbert, ca. 1723-1772
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ca. 1723-1772
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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).
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.