James Henry Leigh

(1765-1823)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leigh, James Henry, 1765-1823 LBT ID: JaLeigh1823 VIAF ID: 6376367 LOC ID: n85217727	B/BAP: 1765-02-08 DIED: 1823-10-27
SOURCES: Leigh Hunt, Lord Byron, Lord Byron and some of his Contemporaries (1828); Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The son of James Leigh and Lady Caroline Brydges, and father of the poet Chandos Leigh.
REFERENCES TO James Henry Leigh: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Portraits—the Author's Father. Found 1: ¶ 8 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch X. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, “Review of Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries” in Quarterly Review 37 (March 1828) 402-26 Found 1: ¶ 14