| Leigh Baronets | |
|---|---|
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| Creation date | 15 May 1773[1] |
| Status | extinct[1] |
| Extinction date | 1870[1] |
The Leigh Baronetcy, of South Carolina, British North America, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 15 May 1773 for Sir Egerton Leigh, Attorney-General of the British colony of South Carolina, grandson of the Revd Peter Leigh, of West Hall, High Legh, Cheshire by his wife Elizabeth Egerton, only daughter and eventual heiress of the Hon. Thomas Egerton, of Tatton Park, third son of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgwater.
- ^ a b c Cokayne, George Edward (1900). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 164–165.