Leigh, 2rd Lord Leigh William Henry

b. 1824-01-17

d. 1905-10-21

William Henry Leigh is mentioned in this letter as a character reference for John D'Ewes.

Leigh, born on 17 January 1824, is the eldest son of Lord Chandos Leigh, the first baron Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey in England.1 He inherited the barony from his father after Chandos' death in 1850.2 Part of 2nd Lord Leigh's extensive library was auctioned away on 14 December 1886.3

Leigh died on 21 Oct 1905 and was buried at Stoneleigh.4

1. Heraldic Media Ltd, Leigh, Baron (UK, 1839), Cracroft's Peerage.
2. David Hill Radcliffe, Leigh, Chandos, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
3. The Bibliographic Society of London, Leigh, Thomas, 1st Baron Leigh of Stonleigh (1596-1672), University of Toronto Libraries.
4. Heraldic Media Ltd, Leigh, Baron (UK, 1839).

Mentions of this person in the documents

D'Ewes, John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 1 September 1858, CO 6:27, no. 9092, 553.

People in this document

D'Ewes, John

Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Leigh, 2rd Lord Leigh William Henry