Family and Education
b. 1741, s. of Alexander Leith (commander of the artillery at the siege of Havana, and killed there 1762) by Anne, wid. of John Milet of co. Antrim. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Thomas Hay, Lord Huntington, S.C.J., and wid. of one Wren, s.p.; (2) 1 Mar. 1775, a da. of Gen. Sir John Cope, K.B., 2s. cr. Bt. 21 Nov. 1775.
Offices Held
Lt. and fireworker R.A. 1759; 1st lt. 1764; entered service of E.I. Co. 1768; lt.-col. 88 Ft. 1779 ‘without permanent rank or half pay’.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Burgh St. Peter, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
LEITH, Alexander (1741-80)
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Oxford 1644
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