Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet

1884 - 1959  (74 years)

• Name	John Leigh  [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	1st Baronet
  Born	3 Aug. 1884  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	Manchester Grammar School
  Hereditary Title	From 9 Feb. 1918 to 29 July 1959  [1]
  	1st Baronet, of Altrincham, co. Chester [U.K., 1918]
  Office	Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Lancashire  [1]
  Office	From 1922 to 1945  [1]
  	Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Clapham
  	He sat as a Conservative.
  Occupation	Proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette  [1]
  Residence	1959	Juniper Hill, Mickleham, Surrey, England   [2]
  Died	28 July 1959	Juniper Hill, Mickleham, Surrey, England   [2]
  Probate	15 Sept. 1959	London, Middlesex, England   [2]
  	Granted to Arnold Edwin Thirlby and Trevor Stanley Passmore solicitors and Maurice Stanley Bradford chartered accountant (Effects £590985 1s. 8d.)
  Person ID	I2455	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	1 Jan. 2021

  
  

  Father	John Leigh
  Family ID	F1233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Norah Marjorie New,   d. 13 Jan. 1954
  Married	23 Jan. 1908  [1]
  Children	1. Sir John Leigh, 2nd Baronet,   b. 24 March 1909,   d. 13 Dec. 1992  (Age 83 years) + 2. Marjorie Joan Leigh,   b. 2 Nov. 1910,   d. 24 April 1985  (Age 74 years) + 3. Lt.-Cdr. Eric Leigh,   b. 13 April 1913,   d. 9 May 1981  (Age 68 years) + 4. David Leigh,   b. 6 Feb. 1921,   d. 22 Aug. 2001  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	1 Jan. 2021
  Family ID	F1234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Leigh, baronets of Altrincham, co. pal. Chester Argent on a cross engrailed quadrant Gules a garb Or between in chief two roses of the second, barbed and seeded proper. Source: BP 2003, volume 2, page 2291.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 2, page 2291. [S4] National Probate Calendar, Year 1959, volume L, page 732. "LEIGH sir John of Juniper Hill Mickleham near Dorking Surrey baronet died 28 July 1959 Probate London 15 September to Arnold Edwin Thirlby and Trevor Stanley Passmore solicitors and Maurice Stanley Bradford chartered accountant. Effects £590985 1s. 8d."