Egerton Leigh
Egerton Leigh | |
|---|---|
 Colonel Egerton Leigh JP DL MP | |
| Born | 7 March 1815 |
| Died | 1 June 1876 (aged 61) |
| Unit | 2nd Dragoon Guards; Cheshire Militia |
Egerton Leigh
Personal life
Leigh was the only son of Egerton Leigh and Wilhelmina Sarah, daughter of
He was lord of the manors of High Legh and Twemlow, patron of the benefice of High Legh and of the 1st mediety of Lymm. He was educated at Eton College.[1]
Leigh married Lydia Rachel, daughter of John Smith Wright, JP in 1842. They had several children, the eldest of whom was Egerton Leigh (who married first Lady Elizabeth Gore White; who died 1880) and great-grandfather of the Conservative politician Sir Edward Leigh, MP for Gainsborough (since 1983). He died on 1 July 1876; his wife survived him by 17 years and died on 3 April 1893.
Military and political career
After leaving Eton, Leigh entered the army as Cornet in the Queen's Bays,
Published works
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Leigh, also an author, wrote Ballads & Legends of Cheshire (1867) and A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire (1877).[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Gale CS134788835.
- ^ Internet Archive: Leigh, Egerton, 1815–1876 (accessed 16 May 2010)
- ^ Harrison S. Leigh, Egerton (1815–1876). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press; 2004) (accessed 14 July 2010)
