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    Sir Edward Chandos Leigh KCB KC (22 December 1832 – 18 May 1915) was a British aristocrat of the Victorian era, a barrister by profession, and a first-class...
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    (1652–1710) Edward Leigh, 3rd Baron Leigh (1684–1738) Thomas Leigh, 4th Baron Leigh (1713–1749) Edward Leigh, 5th Baron Leigh (1742–1786) Chandos Leigh, 1st...
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    Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh (27 June 1791 – 27 September 1850) was a British landowner and minor poet. He was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham. Leigh...
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  • Parliament Edward Chandos Leigh (1832–1915), British cricketer and barrister Edward Leigh (cricketer, born 1913) (1913–1994), English cricketer Edward Leigh, 5th...
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  • General Officer Commanding Scotland Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh (1791–1850), British landowner and minor poet Chandos Morgan (1920–1993), Chaplain of the...
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  • in the United Kingdom Edward Chandos Leigh (1832–1915), English cricketer Eva Leigh (1895–1981), English artist Fred W. Leigh (1871–1924), English lyricist...
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    employed by James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos, as tutor to his nephew, James Henry Leigh for whom Isaac named his son. Leigh Hunt was educated at Christ's Hospital...
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  • Stoneleigh Abbey for the benefit of his sons William Henry Leigh and Edward Chandos Leigh so that they might continue to play cricket in the summer on...
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    Davall. Chandos died in Cannons on 9 August 1744. Chandos and several members of his family (his first two wives) are buried at the Chandos Mausoleum...
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    Joseph Colin Kidd Leszek Kołakowski Cosmo Gordon Lang T. E. Lawrence Edward Chandos Leigh Thomas Linacre Vaughan Lowe Stephen Lushington Robert Gwyn Macfarlane...
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  • 1887: The Hon. Edward Chandos Leigh 1888: The Duke of Buccleuch 1889: Sir Henry James 1890: The Lord Willoughby de Eresby 1891: Vyell Edward Walker 1892:...
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    mother was the daughter of Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh and sister of Sir Edward Chandos Leigh QC and James Wentworth Leigh. His uncles, and brothers...
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    The vagrant gypsy life, 150 years of I Zingari, Wisden, 1995 I Zingari I Zingari Australia Hon. Sir Edward Chandos Leigh History of Adelaide Rowing Club...
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    Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Nugent (1776–1839 (created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos in 1822) Richard Plantagenet...
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    secretary. The Hon Sir Edward Chandos Leigh as President of MCC in 1887 paid homage to Fitzgerald. In his autobiography Bar, Bat and Bit, Leigh wrote: "It was...
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  • Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Leigh, Chandos" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Chandos, born in London on 27 June...
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  • Sophia Leigh LJStJ, daughter of Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh and Margarette (née Willes) Leigh. Sophia's brothers included Sir Edward Chandos Leigh, QC...
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  • married for a second time, to Caroline Eliza Leigh (1825–1909), daughter of Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh. His descendants include the explorer Ranulph...
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    passed to his son Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh, including the lordship of Hunningham. Chandos Leigh in 1839 was created Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh by the...
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    Temple-Nugent Bridges Chandos Haworth (b. 2018) Earl of Elgin Earl of Kincardine Marquess of Ailesbury Duke of Chandos Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Kidd, Charles...
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  • H. D. G. Leveson Gower, was a Test cricketer, while his uncle, Edward Chandos Leigh, also played first-class cricket. Dauglish, M. G.; Wainewright, John...
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  • Vassall Fox, 3rd Lord Holland (died 1840) Richard Wildman 1837 - 1881 Edward Chandos Leigh 1881 - 1909 Judge Henry Yorke Stanger 1909 - 1911 Sir William Ryland...
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    Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, who was created Marquess of Chandos and Duke of Buckingham and Chandos at the same time...
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  • Post. 17 May 1824. "Gosfield Hall, Essex". The Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2013. Sylvanus...
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    Laurence Olivier (category People educated at St Edward's School, Oxford)
    release funds for a new building on the South Bank of the Thames. Lord Chandos was appointed chairman of the National Theatre Board in 1962, and in August...
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  • John Patrick Edward Chandos Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker KCMG CVO MC (19 February 1916 – 29 April 2004), known as Sir John Henniker-Major from 1965...
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    Geology, Royal College of Science. Edward Chandos Leigh, Esq., Q.C., commonly called the Honourable Edward Chandos Leigh, Q.C., Counsel to the Speaker. Captain...
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    Oxford on 12 May 1726, through the influence of his uncle, Lord Chandos, Dr Leigh remained in post until his death in 1785, the longest incumbent in...
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    (1883–1980) John Patrick Edward Chandos Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker, 5th Baron Hartismere (1916–2004) Mark Ian Philip Chandos Henniker-Major, 9th Baron...
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  • R. Legard Geoffrey Legge (1925–1926) : G. B. Legge Edward Chandos Leigh (1852–1854) : E. C. Leigh Bryan Leighton (2018) B. J. Leighton Charles Leslie...
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