Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet
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Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (of Altrincham) (3 August 1884 – 28 July 1959)[1] was a British mill-owner, who used his fortune to buy a newspaper and launch his career as a Conservative Party politician.
Leigh was educated at Manchester Grammar School,[2] and made his fortune in the Lancashire cotton industry. He was made a baronet in February 1918, of Altrincham in Cheshire,[1][3] and at some point around 1921 he purchased the Pall Mall Gazette newspaper.[2][4] He was rumoured at the time to be worth fourteen million pounds.[5]
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Clapham division of Wandsworth at a by-election in May 1922 after the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir Arthur du Cros, and held the seat until he retired from politics at the 1945 general election.[6]
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30544. p. 2484. 26 February 1918. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Leigh
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Clapham 1922 – 1945 |
Succeeded by John Battley |
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| New title | Baronet (of Altrincham) 1918–1959 |
Succeeded by John Leigh |
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