Chandos Leigh (1791 - 1850)

Born 27 Jun 1791 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England [uncertain]

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Died 27 Sep 1850 at age 59 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Biography

Leigh was the son of James Henry Leigh, of Adlestrop, Gloucestershire, the son of James Leigh by Lady Caroline Brydges, daughter of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos. He was a descendant of Sir Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London in 1558. His mother was the Honourable Julia Judith Twisleton, daughter of Major-General Thomas Twisleton, 7th Baron Saye and Sele. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. Leigh's father had inherited the Leigh family seat at Stoneleigh Abbey, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, following the death of his distant cousin Edward Leigh, 5th and last Baron Leigh.

On 8 Jun 1819 he m. Margarette Willes (b. 6 Apr 1798; d. 5 Feb 1860; bur. at Stoneleigh, co. Warwick), 1st dau. of Rev William Shippen Willes, of Astrop House, co. Northampton, by his wife Margaret Williams, dau. of John Williams, of Panthowell, co. Carmarthen. They had at least three sons and seven daughters. Their second son the Honourable Sir Edward Chandos Leigh was a cricketer and barrister. Their third and youngest son the Very Reverend the Honourable James Wentworth Leigh Dean of Hereford. Lord Leigh died in September 1850, aged 59, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, William. Lady Leigh died in February 1860. His daughter, Hon. Mary Leigh, married Reverend Hon. Henry Pitt Cholmondeley (b. 15 Jun 1820, d. 14 Apr 1905).

On 11 May 1839 he was created Baron Leigh, of Stoneleigh in the County of Warwick.

He d. 27 Sep 1850, buried at Stoneleigh co. Warwick.

Children:

1. Hon William Henry Leigh, later 2nd Baron Leigh
2. Hon Sir Edward Chandos Leigh KCB KC JP+
3. Very Rev Hon James Wentworth Leigh DD FSA +
4. Hon Julia Anna Eliza Leigh (b. 19 Dec 1820; d. 8 May 1887), mar. 28 Jul 1842 Charles Bower [Adderley], 1st Baron Norton, +
5. Hon Emma Margarette Leigh (d. 20 Feb 1892)
6. Hon Caroline Leigh (b. 18 Feb 1825; dsp. 21 Jul 1909), mar. 18 Aug 1857 as his second wife her second cousin Frederick Benjamin [Twistleton later Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes], 10th Baron Saye and Sele
7. Hon Augusta Leigh (b. 18 Feb 1825; d. 11 Jul 1898)
8. Hon Mary Leigh (d. 24 Aug 1896), mar. 4 May 1848 Rev Hon Henry Pitt Cholmondeley, Rector of Broadwell-cum-Adlestrop, co. Gloucester (b. 15 Jun 1820; d. 14 Apr 1905), 3rd son of Thomas [Cholmondeley], 1st Baron Delamere, by his wife Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn+
9. Hon Louisa Georgina Leigh (dsp. 7 Aug 1907), mar. 1 Mar 1870 Lt Col Francis William Newdigate, of Allesley Park, co. Warwick (d. 9 Mar 1893)
10. Hon Sophia Leigh LJStJ (b. 21 Jan 1838; d. 12 Jul 1926), mar. 21 May 1861 Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower JP DL, of Titsey Place, Oxted, co. Surrey (b. 25 Feb 1838; d. 30 May 1895), 1st son and heir of William Leveson-Gower, of Titsey Place, co. Surrey by his wife Emily Josephine Eliza Doyle, 1st dau. of Sir Francis Hastinge Doyle, 1st Bt.+

Research Notes

• Fact: Christening (22 July 1791) St Marylebone, Middlesex, England
• Fact: Burial (8 October 1850) Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility 1st Baron Leigh
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility Baron Leigh

Sources

• Leigh, Baron (UK, 1839) Cracroft's Peerage
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 June 2016, 23:50), entry for Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron of Stoneleigh 1791-1850(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KZ84-MZW); contributed by various users.
• Wikidata: Item Q5071249, en:Wikipedia