| Constituency | Dates |
|---|---|
| East Looe | 31 Oct. 1770 – 24 Mar. 1772 |
Family and Education
bap. 8 Sept. 1727, 2nd s. of Francis Leigh of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent (and gd.-s. of Sir Francis Leigh, M.P. for Kent), by Jane, da. and coh. of Edward Giffard of Pennis, Fakenham, Kent, wid. of Finch Umfrey of Darenth. educ. C.C.C. Oxf. 1744; M. Temple 1750, called 1753. m. Elizabeth, da. of Prosper Browne of Horseman’s Place, Dartford, 2s. 2da.
Offices Held
Serjeant-at-law 1765; King’s serjeant 1771.
Address
Main residence: Hawley, Kent.
biography text
Leigh attained a considerable practice at the bar,1H. S. Sweetman, Leigh of Addington. and acted as counsel for Wilkes in his case against Lord Halifax over general warrants in 1769. He was brought into Parliament by Government.2B. Gascoyne to John Strutt, 14 Oct. 1770, Strutt mss. In the House his only recorded speech was against William Meredith’s motion on the Nullum Tempus Act.3Cavendish’s ‘Debates’, Egerton 225, p. 241-5. No vote of his is known, but in Robinson’s first survey on the royal marriage bill, March 1772, he is marked as ‘pro, present’. He died 24 Mar. 1772.
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