Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet

Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (3 August 1884 – 28 July 1959)^[1] was a British mill-owner, who used his fortune to buy a newspaper and launch his career as a Conservative politician.

Leigh, whose family resided for generations at Pennington was descended from a cadet branch of the Barons Leigh (of the first creation)^[2] and was educated at Manchester Grammar School.

Leigh made his fortune in the Lancashire cotton industry. In February 1918, he was created a baronet of Altrincham in Cheshire,^[1]^[3] and around 1921 he purchased the Pall Mall Gazette.^[4] Sir John was rumoured at the time to be worth fourteen million pounds.^[5]

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Clapham division of Wandsworth at a by-election in May 1922 after the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir Arthur du Cros, and held the seat until retiring at the 1945 general election.^[6]

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^ ^a ^b "Baronetcies beginning with "L" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's Baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Burke's Peerage". burkespeerage.com. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ "No. 30544". The London Gazette. 26 February 1918. p. 2484.
^ "The Beaverbrook Papers". Parliamentary archives. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
^ "The British Press". Frankfurter Zeitung. July–August 1922. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 57. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Leigh

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Arthur du Cros, Bt.	Member of Parliament for Clapham 1922 – 1945	Succeeded by John Battley
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New title	Baronet (of Altrincham) 1918–1959	Succeeded by John Leigh

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[rayment-bt-1] "Baronetcies beginning with "L" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's Baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Burke's Peerage". burkespeerage.com. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

[gazette--3] "No. 30544". The London Gazette. 26 February 1918. p. 2484.

[beaverbrookpapers-4] "The Beaverbrook Papers". Parliamentary archives. Retrieved 3 May 2009.

[fzeitung-5] "The British Press". Frankfurter Zeitung. July–August 1922. Retrieved 3 May 2009.

[craig1918-1949-6] Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 57. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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