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Monday, August 09, 2021

Sir Richard Henry Leigh, 3rd Baronet 1936-2021

 Sir Richard Henry Leigh, 3rd Baronet, died 2 July, 2021. He was 84.

He was born 11 November, 1936, son of Lieutenant-Commander Eric Leigh, RN [1913-81], and his wife the former Joan Fitzgerald Lane Freer [who died 1973], and was a grandson of Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet [1884-1959], proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette, and Conservative MP for Clapham, 1922-45.

He succeeded to the baronetcy [created in 1918] on the death of his uncle, Sir John Leigh, 2nd Baronet, 13 December, 1992.

He married firstly, 4 Dec, 1962 [div 1977]  Barbro Anna Elizabeth Tham, daughter of Stig Carl Sebastian Tham, of Sweden; and married 2ndly, 1977 Mrs Cherie Rosalind Reece dau of Douglas Donald Dale.

The baronetcy now passes to his younger half-brother, Christopher John Leigh, who was born 6 April, 1941. 

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