Francis Leighton (British Army officer)
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Francis Leighton (British Army officer)
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General Francis Leighton was a general of the British Army. He was born the fourth son and ninth child of Sir Edward Leighton, 1st Baronet, of Wattlesborough in Shropshire. He entered the Army as a captain on 16 June 1716. In 1730 he transferred from major of Barrell's Regiment of Foot to major of Handasyd's Regiment of Foot, and on 6 July 1737 was promoted lieutenant-colonel of Blakeney's Regiment of Foot. During the Jacobite rising of 1745 Leighton was sent with a considerable force from Perth
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2014-02-08T14:47:30Z
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2024-09-12T09:42:45Z
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