343 PEERS, BARONETS, BISHOPS, PRIVY COUNSELLORS [LEIGHTON 1. Lady Julia, m. 26 April, 1864, Men-yn, 7th Vise. I'owerscourt. 3. Lady Gertrude, ni. 5 April, 1866, Charles Adol- phus, 7th Earl of Dunmore. 4. Lady Mary, m. 18 Dec. 1879, William, 6th Earl of Dartmoutii. 5. Lady Winifred, m. 2 Sept. 1873, Earl of Leitrlm. 6. Lady Margaret, ni. 2 May, 1874, Henry, 2id Baron Belper. 7. Lady Mildred, m. 5 Nov. 1874. Thomas, 3rd Earl of Lichfield. Issue by 2nd m. — 5. Capt. Hon. Richard Coke, Gen. Res. of Officers Scots Gds., b. 20 Aug. 1876 ; m. 21 Dec. 1907, Hon. Dorcen O'Brien, dau. of 14th Baron Inchiquin. Residences — Fernioyle, Castl<i Gregory, Ireland ; 69, Cambridge Terrace, W. Issue — Nell. Moira. 6. Capt. Hon. Edward Coke, 5th Batt. Rifle Brig., b. 17 Oct. 1879 ; served in S.Africa. Residence — 8. Park Street, W. 7. Capt. Hon. John Spencer Coke, late Scots Gds., b. 30 Sept. 1880 ; m. 15 Jan. 1907, Dorothy Olive, dau. of Hon. Harry L. W. Levy-Lawsou ; served in S. Africa. Residence — 29, Bruton Street, W. Issue — Gerald Edward Coke, b. 24 Oct. 1907. Rosemary Olive. 8. Hon. Reginald Coke, b. 10 Nov. 1883 ; B.A. Oxford ; Barr.-at-taw : 2n(l lieut. Scots Gds. 1914. Residence — 8, Park Street, W. 9. Hon. Lovel William Coke, b. 19 Aug. 1893. 8. Lady Mabel. 2. Hon. Henry John Coke, late R.N., b. 3 Jan. 1827 ; m. 22 July, 1861, Lady Katherinc Grey-Egerton (woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary), dau. of 2nd Earl of Wilton. Residences — Longford Hall, Brailsford, Derby ; 64, Victoria Street, S.W. Clubs— Brooks's ; Athenaeum. Issue — Reginald Grey Coke, b. 10 July, 1864 ; late lieut. Scots Gds., served with Imp. Yeo. in S.A. 1901-02 ; m. 1st, 2 April, 1887, Elizabeth Wilson (marr. diss. 1888) ; m. 2nd, 21 April, 1892, Phyllis Susan, dau. of Francis WiUiam Bott, of Somersal, D(Tby ; m. 3rd, 17 Dec. 1907, Galia, dau. of Prof. Michael Hambourg, of Clifton Gardens, W. Residence — Bishopstone, Salisbury. Issue — 1. Henry Coke, b. 12 Aug. 1912. 1. SyMa Katharine. 2. Stella. Sybil Mary, ni. 15 Feb. 1887, Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles Crutchley, K.C.V.O. (see Knightage). LEICESTER, Bishop of. Suffragan to the Diocese of Peterborough. — Right Rev.Nobman MacLeod Lang, s. of late Very Rev. John Marsliall Lang, C'.V.O., D.D., LL.D., princ. and clianc. of Aber- deen Univ., by Hannah Buchanan, dau. of Rev. Henry Keitli, D.D., of Auchingramont, Hamilton, Lanark. B. at Glasgow 23 April, 1875 ; m. 23 May, 1906, Monica, dan. of Edward Crosfield, of Liverpool ; ed. privately and at Ch. Cli., Oxford ; ord. 1900 ; cur. of Portsea 1900-3, of Bloem- fontein Oath., S. Africa, 1903-5 ; vie. of Kroon- staad, S. Africa, 1905-G;cur. of Ch. Ch., Lan- caster Gate, 1906-9; vicar of St. Martin's, Leicester, 1909-13; rector of Aylestone, Leics, and Bishop Suffragan of Leicester since 1913. Residence —Aylestone Rectory, Leicester. Chib — New Oxford and Cambridge. LEICESTER, 8th Bt. (I.). Great. 17 May, 1671. — Sir Peter Fleming Frederic Leicester, s. of Rev. Frederic Leicester. B. 25 Jan. 1863 ; m. 18 April, 1904, Kate Patten, dau. of late Edward M. Warden, of New York ; sue. to the Baronetcy on the death of the 3rd and last Baron De Tablcy, 1895 ; capt. Reserve of Officers, late capt. Yorks L.I. The family of Leicester is of great antiquity in co. Chester, possessing land in tliat county in the time of King John. A Baronetcy was conferred on Peter Leicester, the celebrated antiquarian and historian of Cheshire, in 1C60, but became extinct on the death of his grandson, leaving an only dau. She, however, became the grandmother of Sir Peter Byrne, 4th Bt., of Trinogue, who assiuned the name of Leicester ; his son, the 6th Bt., was created Baron de Tabley in 1826. Residence — c/o Sir C. R. M'Grigor, Bt., & Co., 39, Panton Street, S.W. Rev. Frederic Leicester, M.A., grandson of 4th Bl.,. b. 17 July, 1802: m. 17 Oct. 1861, Amelia Susannah, dau. of Lt.-Col. John Campbell, Bengal N.I., and d. 16 April. 1873. Issue— 1. Sir Peter Fleming Frederic Leicester, pres. Bart. 2. Capt. Byron Leicester, Heir Pres., late Cheshire Regt., b. 28 Jan. 1868 ; m. 6 June, 1895. Gwendolen Margaret (d. 28 Dec. 1908), dau. of John Brooke,, of Hockliffe Grange, Bedford. Issue — 1. Meriel Gueudoline. 2. Lesbia Evelyn Margaret. 1. Meriel Amelia Caroline. LEIGH, 3rd Baron (U.K.). Creat. 11 May. 1839. — Francis Dudley Leigh, s. of 2nd Baron. B. 30 July, 1855 ; m. 29 Nov. 1890, Frances Heleno Forbes (d. 28 April, 1909), dau. of late Hon. N. M. Beckwith, of New York ; sue. his father 1905 ; ed. at Harrow and Camb. ; M.A. 1882 : assist, priv. sec. to Sec. of State for India (Vise. Cross), 1880-91 ; late maj. and hon. lieut. -col. Warwick I.Y. ; hon. col. 3rd and 7th Batt. Roy. Warwickshire Regt. ; D.L., J. P., U.C, War- wick ; L.C.C. 1904-7 ; patron of 9 hvings ; Gov. and Trustee of Rugby School. Is descended from Sir Thomas Leigli, Knt., Lord Mayor of London in 1558 ; he was great-grandson of Sir Peter Leigh, knt. -banneret, who fell at Agincourt. The 2nd s. of the lord mayor was ancestor of the extinct Barons Leigh, and his 3rd s. was ancestor of the Leighs, Earls of Chichester (also extinct) ; the eldest s. was progenitor of the existing family. Residences — Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth ; Adiestrojj House, Chipping Norton ; 31, Grosvenor Square, W. Clubs — Turf; Tra- ellers' ; White's ; Bachelors'. Chandos Leigh. 1st Baron Leigh, b. 27 June, 1791 ; m. 8 June, 1819, Margarette (d. 5 Feb. 1860), dau .of Rev. William Shippen Willes, of Astrop Hou.se, Northants, a,nd d. 27 Sept, 1850. Issue — 1. William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh, P.C, b. 17 Jan. 1824 ; Lord-Liimt. and Gustos Rotulorum, Warwick ; J.P., Glouc. ; High Steward Sutton Coldfield 1859-82, 1902-5, col. 5th Batt. Roy. Warwickshire Regt. ; Governor and Trustee Rugby School, Hon. LL.D. Camb. ; m. 22 Aug. 1848, Lady Caroline Amelia (d.24 March, 1906). dau. of 2nd Marq. of Westminster,. K.G., and d. 21 Oct. 1905. Issue— 2. Francis Dudley Leigh, pres. Baron. 3. Major the Hon. Rupert Leigh, Heir Pres.,. late 4th Dragoon Gds., b. 10 Dec. 1856 ; formerly 15th Hussars ; A.D.C. to the Governors of New- South Wales, 1890-4 ; Mil. Sec. to Gov. of Bombay 1900 ; served in Afghan War 1878-9 (medal), in Egypt 1882 (medal with clasp, bronze star), with Bechuanaland F.F. 1884-5 ; N.W. [Frontier of India 1897 (medal with two clasps) ; m. 14 July, 1906, Beatrice Mary, dau. of the late Dudley Robert Smith. Residence — 7., Beaufort Gardens, W. Club — Naval and Military. Issue — Rupert WiUiam Dudley Leigh, b. 14 March, 1908.. 4. Hon. Rowland Charles Frederick Leigh, b. 23 May, 1859 ; Barr.-at-law, M.A. Camb. ; priv. see. to Sir H. Campbell-Banuerman, when Sec. for War : m. 31 Oct. 1898, Mabel, dau. of Gen. W. W. Gordon, U.S. Army. Residence — 26, Upper Berkeley Street,. W. Club — St. JaTues's. Issue — Rowland Henry Gordon Leigh, b. 16 May, 1902. Margaret Ethel. 1. Hon. Margaret Elizabeth, m. 19 Sept. 1872.. Victor, 7th Earl of Jersey. 2. Hon. Agnes Eleanor. 3. Hon. Mary Cordelia Emily. 2. Hon. Sir Edward Chandos Leigh, K.C.B. (sci Knightage). 3. Very Rev. the Hon. James Wentworth Leigh, D.D., F.S.A., b. 21 Jan. 1838; ed. at Camb., M.A. ; ord. 1862, vicar of Stoneleigh 1864-71, of Leamington 1877-83 ; rector of St. Mary's, Bryanston Square, 1883-94, hon. canon of Worcester 1879, dean of Hereford since 1894 ; m. 29 June, 1871, Frances B.. (d. 18 Dec. 1910), dau. of the late Pierce Butler, of Butler's Island, Georgia. Issue — Alice Dudley, m. 2 June, 1906, Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 11th Bt. 1. Hon. Sophia, m. 21 May, 1861, Granville W. G. Leveson Gower, of Titsey Place, who d, 30 May, 1895, and has issue. Residence — Hookwood, Limpsfleld. LEIGHTON, 9th Bt. (E.). Great. 2 March. 1692-3. — Sir Bryan Baldwy'N Mawddwy
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