Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSir John Leigh, 1st Baronet
British mill-owner and Conservative Party politician
Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1884
Date of Death: 28-Jul-1959
Profession: politician
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet
- Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (3 August 1884 – 28 July 1959) was a British mill-owner, who used his fortune to buy a newspaper and launch his career as a Conservative politician. Leigh, who descended from a cadet branch of the ancient Leighs (later Trafford) of Oughtrington, was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and made his fortune in the Lancashire cotton industry.
- In February 1918, he was created a baronet of Altrincham in Cheshire, and circa 1921 he purchased the Pall Mall Gazette.
- Sir John was rumoured at the time to be worth fourteen million pounds.He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Clapham division of Wandsworth at a by-election in May 1922 after the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir Arthur du Cros, and held the seat until retiring at the 1945 general election.
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