Chandos Leigh, baron Leigh (1791-1850)
Of Stoneleigh Abbey, educated at Harrow (where he knew Byron as a schoolboy) and Christ
Church, Oxford; he was a prolific minor poet in the Byronic vein. Samuel Parr described him
as “a lively companion, an elegant scholar, a zealous patriot, and an amiable and
honourable man.”
Of Stoneleigh Abbey, educated at Harrow (where he knew Byron as a schoolboy) and Christ
Church, Oxford; he was a prolific minor poet in the Byronic vein. Samuel Parr described him
as “a lively companion, an elegant scholar, a zealous patriot, and an amiable and
honourable man.”