Sir John Leigh, 2nd Baronet

1909 - 1992  (83 years)

• Name	John Leigh  [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	2nd Baronet
  Born	24 March 1909  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  	Balliol College, Oxford
  Education	Eton, Buckinghamshire, England   [1]
  	Eton College
  Degree	1935  [1]
  	Master of Arts (M.A.) (Oxon.)
  Hereditary Title	From 29 July 1959 to 13 Dec. 1992  [1]
  	2nd Baronet, of Altrincham, co. Chester [U.K., 1918]
  Military Service	Officer in the Royal Air Force  [1]
  	He fought in the Second World War between 1943 and 1946, in India.
  Residence	1992	Place de la Navigation, Geneva, Switzerland   [2]
  Died	13 Dec. 1992  [1, 2]
  Probate	6 July 1993	Brighton, Sussex, England   [2]
  	Effects £47431 in England and Wales
  Person ID	I2459	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	31 Dec. 2020

  
  

  Father	Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet,   b. 3 Aug. 1884,   d. 28 July 1959, Juniper Hill, Mickleham, Surrey, England  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Norah Marjorie New,   d. 13 Jan. 1954
  Married	23 Jan. 1908  [1]
  Family ID	F1234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ariane Allen
  Last Modified	31 Dec. 2020
  Family ID	F1245	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 1993, Week 66, volume Lees–Ludford. "LEIGH, SIR JOHN OF PLACE DE LA NAVIGATION 10 1201 GENEVA DIED 13 DECEMBER 1992 PROBATE BRIGHTON 06 JULY £47431 IN ENGLAND AND WALES 9351315041K"