William Leighton (Lord Mayor of London)
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William Leighton (Lord Mayor of London)
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Sir William Leighton was a British shipowner and merchant who served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1806. Leighton's family was from County Durham in the North East of England and he moved to London around 1779 following his father's death. Leighton worked as a coal merchant shipping coal from the port of Newcastle, and was based at Newcastle's Coal Exchange. Leighton was a prominent shipowner who owned Borrowdale, Fishburn and Golden Grove, three of the ships of the First Fleet, which transport
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