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Sir Richard Henry Leigh, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Henry Leigh, 3rd Baronet

Male 1936 -  (87 years)

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  1. 1.  Sir Richard Henry Leigh, 3rd BaronetSir Richard Henry Leigh, 3rd Baronet was born on 11 Nov. 1936 (son of Lt.-Cdr. Eric Leigh and Joan Fitzgerald Lane Freer).

    Other Events:

    • Education: Chesières-Villars, Switzerland; Aiglon College, Switzerland
    • Hereditary Title: From 13 Dec. 1992; 3rd Baronet, of Altrincham, co. Chester [U.K., 1918]
    • Residence: 2003, Trythall Vean, Madron, Cornwall, England

    Richard married Barbro Anna Elizabeth Tham on 4 Dec. 1962, and was divorced in 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Richard married Cherie Rosalind Dale in 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lt.-Cdr. Eric Leigh was born on 13 April 1913 (son of Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet and Norah Marjorie New); died on 9 May 1981.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England; Radley College
    • Military Service: Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
    • Residence: 1981, Langley's Newhouse, Hawkedon, Suffolk, England
    • Probate: 7 Aug. 1981, London, Middlesex, England; Effects £142063

    Notes:

    Military Service:
    He fought in the Second World War.

    Eric married Joan Fitzgerald Lane Freer on 21 Nov. 1934, and was divorced in 1939. Joan (daughter of Maurice Charles Lane Freer) died in 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Joan Fitzgerald Lane Freer (daughter of Maurice Charles Lane Freer); died in 1973.
    Children:
    1. 1. Sir Richard Henry Leigh, 3rd Baronet was born on 11 Nov. 1936.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir John Leigh, 1st BaronetSir John Leigh, 1st Baronet was born on 3 Aug. 1884 (son of John Leigh); died on 28 July 1959 in Juniper Hill, Mickleham, Surrey, England.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Manchester, Lancashire, England; Manchester Grammar School
    • Office: Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Lancashire
    • Occupation: Proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette
    • Hereditary Title: From 9 Feb. 1918 to 29 July 1959; 1st Baronet, of Altrincham, co. Chester [U.K., 1918]
    • Office: From 1922 to 1945; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Clapham
    • Residence: 1959, Juniper Hill, Mickleham, Surrey, England
    • Probate: 15 Sept. 1959, London, Middlesex, England; Granted to Arnold Edwin Thirlby and Trevor Stanley Passmore solicitors and Maurice Stanley Bradford chartered accountant (Effects £590985 1s. 8d.)

    Notes:

    Office:
    He sat as a Conservative.

    John married Norah Marjorie New on 23 Jan. 1908. Norah (daughter of John Henry New) died on 13 Jan. 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Norah Marjorie New (daughter of John Henry New); died on 13 Jan. 1954.

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: 1920; Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)

    Children:
    1. Sir John Leigh, 2nd Baronet was born on 24 March 1909; died on 13 Dec. 1992.
    2. Marjorie Joan Leigh was born on 2 Nov. 1910; died on 24 April 1985.
    3. 2. Lt.-Cdr. Eric Leigh was born on 13 April 1913; died on 9 May 1981.
    4. David Leigh was born on 6 Feb. 1921; died on 22 Aug. 2001.

  3. 6.  Maurice Charles Lane Freer

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Kenya

    Children:
    1. 3. Joan Fitzgerald Lane Freer died in 1973.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Leigh

    Other Events:

    • Office: Justice of the Peace (J.P.)
    • Residence: Woodbourne, Brooklands, Cheshire, England

    Children:
    1. 4. Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet was born on 3 Aug. 1884; died on 28 July 1959 in Juniper Hill, Mickleham, Surrey, England.

  2. 10.  John Henry New

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Children:
    1. 5. Norah Marjorie New died on 13 Jan. 1954.


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