Baron Leigh is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England

Peerage of England

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 and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. The first creation came in the Peerage of England 1643 when Sir Thomas Leigh, 2nd Baronet, was created Baron Leigh, of Stoneleigh

Stoneleigh, Warwickshire

Stoneleigh is a small village in Warwickshire, England on the River Sowe, about 5 miles south of Coventry and 5 miles north of Leamington Spa. The village is situated about northeast of the confluence of the River Sowe and the River Avon.Stoneleigh does not have a public house...

 in the County of Warwick. The Leigh Baronetcy, of Stoneleigh in the County of Warwick, had been created in 1611 for his grandfather and namesake Thomas Leigh. The latter was the second son of Sir Thomas Leigh (d. 1571), Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London

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 in 1558, whose third son Sir William Leigh was the grandfather of Francis Leigh, 1st Earl of Chichester. The titles became extinct on the death of the fifth Baron Leigh in 1786.

The barony was revived in 1839 when the poet Chandos Leigh

Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh

Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh was created 1st Baron Leigh in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1839.Descended from Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London in 1558, he was the grandson of the 2nd Duke of Chandos and the son of James Henry Leigh of Adlestrop, Gloucestershire...

 was created Baron Leigh, of Stoneleigh in the County of Warwick, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was a descendant of Rowland Leigh, eldest son of the aforementioned Sir Thomas Leigh (d. 1571), himself of a cadet branch of the Leighs

Edward Leigh

Edward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British Conservative politician. He has sat in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Gainsborough in Lincolnshire since 1997, and for its predecessor constituency of Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997...

 of West Hall, High Legh

High Legh

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. Both Lord Leigh's son, the second Baron, and grandson, the third Baron, served as Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire

Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire

This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Since 1728, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire.-Lord Lieutenants of Warwickshire:*Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick 1569–1570*vacant...

. The third Baron was succeeded by his nephew, the fourth Baron. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.

The family seat is Stoneleigh Abbey

Stoneleigh Abbey

Stoneleigh Abbey is a large country mansion situated to the southwest of the village of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.The Abbey was founded by the Cistercians in 1154...

, Kenilworth

Kenilworth

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, Warwickshire

Warwickshire

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. The records of the Leigh family of Stoneleigh are held in the archives of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Leigh Baronets, of Stoneleigh (1611)

• Sir Thomas Leigh, 1st Baronet (d. 1626)
• Sir Thomas Leigh, 2nd Baronet (1595–1672) (created Baron Leigh in 1643)

Barons Leigh, First creation (1643)

• Thomas Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh (1595–1672)
• Thomas Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh (1652–1710)
• Edward Leigh, 3rd Baron Leigh (1684–1738)
• Thomas Leigh, 4th Baron Leigh (1713–1749)
• Edward Leigh, 5th Baron Leigh
  Edward Leigh, 5th Baron Leigh
  Edward Leigh, 5th Baron Leigh was descended from Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London in 1558, and inherited the Leigh family seat at Stoneleigh Abbey, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire following the death of father Thomas Leigh, 4th Baron Leigh in 1749....
  
   (1742–1786)

Barons Leigh, Second creation (1839)

• Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh
  Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh
  Chandos Leigh, 1st Baron Leigh was created 1st Baron Leigh in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1839.Descended from Thomas Leigh, Lord Mayor of London in 1558, he was the grandson of the 2nd Duke of Chandos and the son of James Henry Leigh of Adlestrop, Gloucestershire...
  
   (1791–1850)
• William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh (1824–1905)
• Francis Dudley Leigh, 3rd Baron Leigh (1855–1938)
• Rupert William Dudley Leigh, 4th Baron Leigh (1908–1979)
• John Piers Leigh, 5th Baron Leigh (1935–2003)
• Christopher Dudley Piers Leigh, 6th Baron Leigh (b. 1960)