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Baronet Leighton is in Baronetcies of England Alphabetically.
Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough is also in Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronetcies of England.
Summary
1693. Edward Leighton 1st Baronet created.
6th April 1711. Son Edward Leighton 2nd Baronet succeeded.
1756. Son Charlton Leighton 3rd Baronet succeeded.
1780. Son Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet succeeded.
1784. Half Brother Robert Leighton 5th Baronet succeeded.
1819. First Cousin Baldwin Leighton 6th Baronet succeeded.
13th November 1828. Son Baldwin Leighton 7th Baronet succeeded.
26th February 1871. Son Baldwin Leighton 8th Baronet succeeded.
22nd January 1897. Son Bryan Baldwin Mawddwy Leighton 9th Baronet succeeded.
1919. Son Richard Tihel Leighton 10th Baronet succeeded.
26th September 1957. Son Michael John Bryan Leighton 11th Baronet succeeded.
In 1693 Edward Leighton 1st Baronet (age 43) was created 1st Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
On or before 6th April 1711 Edward Leighton 1st Baronet (age 61) died. He was buried 6th April 1711 at Alberbury, Shropshire. His son Edward (age 30) succeeded 2nd Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
In or before 1715 Edward Leighton 2nd Baronet (age 33) and Rachel Forester Lady Leighton were married. She by marriage Lady Leighton of Wattlesborough.
In 1756 Edward Leighton 2nd Baronet (age 75) died. His son Charlton (age 41) succeeded 3rd Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1780 Charlton Leighton 3rd Baronet (age 65) died. His son Charlton (age 33) succeeded 4th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
In 1784 Charlton Leighton 4th Baronet (age 37) died unmarried. His half brother Robert (age 32) succeeded 5th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough. Anna-Maria Leighton and her husband Nicholas Smythe (age 54) inherited Condover Hall, Shropshire.
Before 1802 Baldwin Leighton 6th Baronet (age 54) and Anne Pigott Lady Leighton were married. She by marriage Lady Leighton of Wattlesborough.
In 1802 Baldwin Leighton 6th Baronet (age 54) and Louisa Margaret Anne Lady Leighton were married. She by marriage Lady Leighton of Wattlesborough.
In 1819 Robert Leighton 5th Baronet (age 67) died. His first cousin Baldwin (age 71) succeeded 6th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
On 13th November 1828 Baldwin Leighton 6th Baronet (age 81) died. His son Baldwin (age 23) succeeded 7th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
In 1832 Baldwin Leighton 7th Baronet (age 26) and Mary Parker Lady Leighton were married. She by marriage Lady Leighton of Wattlesborough.
On 26th February 1871 Baldwin Leighton 7th Baronet (age 65) died at Norton Hall. He was buried at St Michael's and All Angels Church, Alberbury. His son Baldwin (age 34) succeeded 8th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough. Eleanor Warren Lady Leighton (age 30) by marriage Lady Leighton of Wattlesborough.
On 22nd January 1897 Baldwin Leighton 8th Baronet (age 60) died. He was buried at St Michael's and All Angels Church, Alberbury. His son Bryan (age 29) succeeded 9th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
In 1919 Bryan Baldwin Mawddwy Leighton 9th Baronet (age 51) died. His son Richard (age 25) succeeded 10th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
On 26th September 1957 Richard Tihel Leighton 10th Baronet (age 64) died. His son Michael (age 22) succeeded 11th Baronet Leighton of Wattlesborough.
Baronet Leighton of Holland Park Road in St Mary Abbots in Kensington in Middlesex is also in Baronetcies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronetcies of England.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1886 Frederick Leighton (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Leighton of Holland Park Road in St Mary Abbots in Kensington in Middlesex.
On 25th January 1896 Frederick Leighton (age 65) died. Baron Leighton of Stretton in Shropshire and Baronet Leighton of Holland Park Road in St Mary Abbots in Kensington in Middlesex extinct. He left Ada Alice "Dorothy Dene" Pullen (age 37) £5,000, plus another £5,000 in trust for herself and her sisters; the largest bequest he made.