Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Baronet (27 October 1836 – 22 January 1897) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the

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from 1877 to 1885. Leighton was the son of

Sir Baldwin Leighton, 7th Baronet Sir Baldwin Leighton, 7th Baronet (14 May 1805 – 26 February 1871) was an English landowner and politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1865. Leighton was the son of Sir Baldwin Leighton, 6th Baronet and his second wife Anne ...

and his wife Mary Parker, daughter of Thomas Netherton Parker of Sweeney Hall, Shropshire. He was educated at

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and

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, graduating in 1859. He served in the rank of cornet in the South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry and was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Shropshire. In 1871, he inherited the

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on the death of his father. Leighton classed himself as a liberal Conservative and published several pamphlets on "Poor Law" and "Labour" for example. He also published "Letters of the late Edward Denison MP".Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
/ref> In August 1877, Leighton was elected at a by-election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. He held the seat until the constituency was abolished in 1885. Leighton died at the age of 60 and was buried in the parish churchyard of his family seat,

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, at

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, Shropshire. Leighton married Hon. Eleanor Leicester Warren (1841-1914), daughter of

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. Their son Bryan Leighton succeeded to the baronetcy. Leighton's brother

Stanley Leighton Stanley Leighton (1837 – 4 May 1901) was an English barrister, landowner, artist and Conservative politician. He is also known as an antiquarian and author. Life Leighton was the younger son of Sir Baldwin Leighton, 7th Baronet, of Loto ...

was also a Shropshire MP.

Gallery

File:Eleanor, Lady Leighton (1841-1914).jpg, Eleanor (1841-14 August 1914), married (1864), Sir Baldwyn Leighton, MP, 8th Bt (1836-2 January 1897), of Loton, Salop. She was (the eventual) heir to her brother (3rd Lord De Tabley) in 1895, and in 1900 took the name Leighton-Warren File:Barbara Leighton, Mrs. Alfred Sotheby (1870–1952).jpg, A daughter: Catherina Barbara Leighton (painter and photographer), as a child (1870- 2 October 1952). She married Alfred Sotheby (1871 - 9 October 1949), the youngest son of Admiral Sir

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, KCB (1813-1902), on 28 September 1909. File:Marriage of Meriel Gundrede Leighton (d. 1947) & Algernon Edward Perkins (d. 1926), 9 April 1890.jpg, Marriage of Meriel Gundrede Leighton (d. 1947) & Algernon Edward Perkins (d. 1926), 9 April 1890

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A portrait of Lady Leighton
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leighton, Baldwyn 1836 births 1897 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of England Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy lieutenants of Shropshire English landowners English pamphleteers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Shropshire People educated at Eton College Shropshire Yeomanry officers UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 19th-century English businesspeople