LEIGHTON, Sir Edward, 1st Bt. (c.1650-1711), of Wattlesborough Castle, Salop.

b. c. 1650, 1st surv. s. of Robert Leighton† of Wattlesborough Castle by Gertrude, da. of Edward Baldwin of Diddlebury, Salop. educ. Shrewsbury 1661; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 5 Aug. 1668, aged 18; I. Temple 1669. m. (1) 24 May 1677, Dorothy (d. 1688), da. of Sir Job Charlton, 1st Bt.†, of Ludford, Herefs., 3s. 4da.; (2) 29 July 1693, Jane, da. of Daniel Nicholls, merchant, of London, 3s. 4da. suc. fa. 1689; cr. Bt. 2 Mar. 1693. B. Botfield, Stemmata Botevilliana, 157–8; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 1, ix. 414–17; ser. 4, vi. 59; xii. 223; Salop Par. Reg. Soc. Hereford dioc. v. Cardeston, 1, 2, 41, 42; vi. 222, 226, 230, 236, 240, 245, 251, 256, 260, 268, 270, 276, 279, 282, 286.