Leigh Baronets

Leigh Baronets

There have been six baronetcies created for persons with the surname Leigh, two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Ireland, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Only one creation is extant as of 2008.

The Leigh Baronetcy, of Stoneleigh in the County of Warwick, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611. For more information on this creation, see the Baron Leigh (1643 creation).

The Leigh Baronetcy, of Newnham in the County of Warwick, was created in the Baronetage of England on 24 December 1618. For more information on this creation, see the Earl of Chichester (1644 creation).

The Leigh Baronetcy, of Tyrone, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland in February 1622 for Daniel Leigh. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1638.

The Leigh Baronetcy, of South Carolina, America, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 15 May 1773 for Egerton Leigh, Attorney-General of the British colony of South Carolina, a grandson of the Rev Peter Leigh of West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire by his wife Elizabeth Egerton, only daughter of the Hon Thomas Egerton, of Tatton Park, third son of John, second Earl of Bridgewater. Since the death of the third Baronet circa 1861, the title has been dormant since it is not known whether Thomas Egerton Leigh, the fourth but third surviving son of the first Baronet, left any male descendants in Georgetown County, South Carolina.

The Leigh Baronetcy, of Whitley in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 May 1815 for Robert Leigh. He was a classical scholar and also represented Wigan in the House of Commons. The title became extinct on his death in 1844. He left his estates to Thomas Pemberton (son of his cousin Margaret Leigh), who assumed the additional surname of Leigh and who was subsequently raised to the peerage as Baron Kingsdown.

The Leigh Baronetcy, of Altrincham in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 9 February 1918 for the newspaper proprietor, public servant and Conservative politician John Leigh. He was owner of the Pall Mall Gazette and represented Clapham in the House of Commons between 1922 and 1945. During the First World War he equipped a hospital for wounded officers at Altrincham. As of 2008 the title is held by his grandson, Sir Richard the third Baronet, who succeeded his uncle in 1992.