Thomas Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh
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Thomas Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh
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Thomas Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War and was created a baron in 1643. Leigh was the son of Sir John Leigh and his first wife Ursula Hoddesdon, daughter of Sir Christopher Hoddesdon, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, under entry dated 4 November 1608, aged 13. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his grandfather, Sir
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English politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Leigh,_1st_Baron_Leigh
date created:
2012-06-11T18:39:14Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T09:22:31Z
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