Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh
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Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh (27 June 1791 – 27 September 1850) was created 1st Baron Leigh in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1839.
He was descended from Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London in 1558, was the grandson of the 2nd Duke of Chandos and was the son of James Henry Leigh of Adlestrop, Gloucestershire who inherited the Leigh family seat at Stoneleigh Abbey, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire following the death of his distant cousin Edward Leigh, 5th Baron Leigh (of the first creation).
He was an author and minor poet and was a friend of Lord Byron with whom he had been at Harrow School.
He was a cousin of Jane Austen who visited Stoneleigh in 1806.
He formed Stoneleigh Cricket Club in the Stoneleigh grounds in 1839 at the request of his son Edward Chandos Leigh.
He married Margarette Willes and was succeeded by their son William.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Title | Baron Leigh 1839–1850 |
Succeeded by William Henry Leigh |
