Thomas Pemberton- Leigh, baron Kingsdown

(1793-1867)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Kingsdown, Thomas Pemberton-Leigh, Baron, 1793-1867 NRA: Leigh, Thomas Pemberton- (1793-1867) Baron Kingsdown Barrister MP DNB: Leigh, Thomas Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown (1793–1867), lawyer LBT ID: LdKings1 VIAF ID: 1576806 LOC ID: n88256576	B/BAP: 1793-02-11 DIED: 1867-10-07
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The son of Robert Pemberton; called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn, he was King's Counsel (1829), Conservative MP for Rye (1831-32) and Ripon (1835-43) and attorney-general to the prince of Wales (1841-43). He was raised to the peerage in 1858.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Pemberton- Leigh, baron Kingsdown: Sydney Smith to Sir George Philips, 22 December 1832 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 1 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1832