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William Henry Leigh

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Data Last Updated: 27 February 2026
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 17 January 1824

Died: 21 October 1905

Peerages

2nd Baron Leigh - 27 September 1850

Member of Privy Council - 1895

son of Margaret Willes

husband of Lady Caroline Amelia Grosvenor

son-in-law of Richard Grosvenor

father-in-law of Victor Albert George Child-Villiers

son of Chandos Leigh

Education

Harrow School

Trinity College, Cambridge

Elections fought

26 July 1847

Northern Warwickshire

Whig

2,278

45.92