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Chandos Leigh, baron Leigh
(1791-1850)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850
NRA:    Leigh Chandos (1791-1850) 1st Baron Leigh poet
DNB:    Leigh, Chandos, first Baron Leigh (1791-1850), poet and literary patron
LBT ID: LdLeigh1    VIAF ID: 70477854    LOC ID: n88096453
B/BAP:   1791-06-27
DIED:   1850-09-27
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
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.”
REFERENCES TO Chandos Leigh, baron Leigh:
Samuel Parr to John Parkes, 23 January 1820 in 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)
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