Men-at-the-Bar/Leighton, Stanley

by Joseph Foster

Leighton, Stanley, M.P. North Shropshire since 1876, M.A., Balliol Coll., Oxon, 1861, from Harrow, J.P. Salop and Montgomeryshire, late capt. 15th Shropshire volunteers, a member of the Oxford circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 24 Jan., 1859 (then aged 21), called to the bar 18 Nov., 1861 (2nd son of Sir Baldwyn Leighton, Bart., M.P.); born 13 Oct., 1837; married 28 Aug., 1875, Jessie Marie, dau. of Henry Bertie Watkin Williams- Wynn, Esq., of Nant-y-Meiched, Montgomeryshire, and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage).

Sweeney Hall, Oswestry; Carlton, Athenæum, and Oxford & Cambridge Clubs.