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Francis Leigh (died 1644)

English politician

English politician

Sir Francis Leigh (bap. 6 Sep. 1590 – 13 December 1644) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.

Leigh was the son of Sir Oliph Leigh of Addington, Surrey. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 8 May 1607, aged 15. In 1610, he studied law at the Inner Temple. He was knighted in January 1613.

He was a justice of the peace for Surrey (1616-at least 1642), Kent (1627-at least 1642) and Middlesex (1630–39) and was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1621–22. He was a deputy lieutenant for Surrey by 1627 until at least 1631.

In 1625, he was elected member of parliament for Surrey.

He was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber by 1625 until at least 1643.

Leigh died at the age of about 48 and was buried at Addington on 17 December 1644.

References

References

  1. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=119368 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Lee-Llewellin', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 892-921. Date accessed: 8 May 2012]
  2. "LEIGH, Sir Francis II (1590-1644), of Addington, Surr. and East Wickham, Kent". History of Parliament Online.
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