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    Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (3 August 1884 – 28 July 1959) was a British mill-owner, who used his fortune to buy a newspaper and launch his career as...
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  • Sir Egerton Leigh, 1st Baronet (11 October 1733 – 15 September 1781), was a British colonial jurist, who served as HM Attorney-General of South Carolina...
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  • Zealand actor Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (1884–1959), British mill-owner, newspaper proprietor and Conservative Party politician Julia Leigh (born 1970),...
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  • Parliament for Newtown, 1702–1705 John Leigh (Wisconsin politician) (1827–1893), American politician Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (1884–1959), British mill-owner...
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    Sir John Williams Benn, 1st Baronet, DL (13 November 1850 – 10 April 1922) was a British politician, particularly associated with London politics. He...
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    Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet (1745 – 12 January 1821), was a British administrator in India. He was the acting Governor-General of Bengal from 1785...
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    Sir John Orde, 1st Baronet (22 December 1751 – 19 February 1824) was a British Royal Navy officer. The third son of John Orde, of Morpeth, Northumberland...
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    of Sir St Aubyn Hender Molesworth-St Aubyn, 12th Baronet of the Molesworth-St Aubyn Baronets. Sir John St Aubyn, 1st Baronet (1645–1687) Sir John St Aubyn...
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    of England 1643 when Sir Thomas Leigh, 2nd Baronet, was created Baron Leigh, of Stoneleigh in the County of Warwick. The Leigh Baronetcy, of Stoneleigh...
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    current baronet is the actor Christopher "Kit" Harington, b. 1986. Sir James Harrington, 1st Baronet (1542–1614) Sir Edward Harrington, 2nd Baronet (died...
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    Sir John Child, 1st Baronet (died 1690) was a governor of Bombay, and de facto (although not officially) the first governor-general of the British settlements...
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  • grandson, Sir Christopher Leigh, 4th Baronet, who succeeded his brother in the title in 2021. Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (1884–1959) Sir John Leigh, 2nd Baronet...
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    ninth Baronet, in 1825. Sir Richard Worsley, 1st Baronet (1588–1621) Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet (1613–1666) Sir Robert Worsley, 3rd Baronet (1643–1675)...
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    Colonel Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, PC, MP, FRS, FRSE, FSA (10 May 1754 – 21 December 1835), was a Scottish politician, military officer and writer...
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  • Sir William Henry Prescott, 1st Baronet, CBE, DL (1874 – 15 June 1945) was a British engineer and Conservative Party politician. The son of John Prescott...
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    Sir John Robert Mowbray, 1st Baronet PC (3 June 1815 – 22 April 1899), known as John Cornish until 1847, was a British Conservative politician and long-serving...
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    Sir John Grant Lawson, 1st Baronet (28 July 1856 – 27 May 1919) was a British Unionist politician. He was the second son of Andrew Sherlock Lawson of Aldborough...
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    Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet FRS (1627 – 18 October 1699) was an English merchant and MP, who rose from relatively humble beginnings to be one of the wealthiest...
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  • Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet (19 April 1593 – 20 April 1647) was an English politician and baronet. Born in Norwich, he was the eldest son of Sir Henry...
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  • Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet (15 July 1745 – 25 June 1819), was a British industrialist, active in copper-smelting and coal-mining in Swansea, South Wales...
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  • Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet (1561 – December 1616) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611. Peyton...
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    Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet (13 August 1623 – 6 September 1708) was a successful English merchant and philanthropist who also served briefly as an MP...
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    General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, of Newbyth, GCB (6 December 1757 – 18 August 1829) was a British Army officer. He was born at Newbyth House in Haddingtonshire...
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  • Sir John Dugdale Astley, 1st Baronet (27 June 1778 – 19 January 1842) was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1820 to...
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  • Sir John Sinclair-Wemyss Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet, MBE, TD (11 February 1912 – 13 June 1992) was a British Conservative Party politician. Arbuthnot was...
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    year. Sir John James Briscoe, 1st Baronet (1836–1919) Sir Alfred Leigh Briscoe, 2nd Baronet (1870–1921) Sir John Charlton Briscoe, 3rd Baronet (1874–1960):...
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  • 1st Baronet (1841–1909) Sir John Smiley, 2nd Baronet (1876–1930) Sir Hugh Houston Smiley, 3rd Baronet (1905–1990) Sir John Philip Smiley, 4th Baronet...
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  • surname of Buchanan. Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Baronet (1825–1905) Sir Robert William Buchanan Jardine, 2nd Baronet (1868–1927) Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine...
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  • Kingdom. Sir Patrick Agnew, 1st Baronet (c. 1578–1661) Sir Andrew Agnew, 2nd Baronet (died 1671) Sir Andrew Agnew, 3rd Baronet (died 1702) Sir James Agnew...
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    John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale, PC FRS (25 April 1655 – 10 July 1700), known as Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet, from 1675 to 1696, was an English politician...
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