Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850

Chandos Leigh, first Baron Leigh, English poet and literary patron.

From the description of Chandos Leigh manuscript material : 4 items, 1824-1835 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 708384092

Chandos Leigh (1791-1850) was educated at Harrow School, where he met Lord Byron, and Christ Church, Oxford, following which he made the grand tour with Philip Shuttleworth. A distant cousin of Jane Austen's, and a generous literary patron to Leigh Hunt and others, Leigh privately published over two dozen collections of his own poems and essays. He was created Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh in May, 1839. Leigh traveled several times to the Continent for his heath, but died of apoplexy in Bonn in September of 1850; he was succeeded by his eldest son, William Henry Leigh.

From the description of Chandos Leigh family papers, 1814-1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702180413