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Francis Leigh, 3rd Baron Leigh

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Leigh married twice, both times to Americans. On 29 November 1890, he married Frances Helene Forbes Beckwith (d. 28 April 1909), the daughter of Nelson M. Beckwith, at St George's, Hanover Square. She died of pneumonia at Stoneleigh in 1909. He married Marie Campbell (d. 13 March 1949) on 2 October
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on 7 November 1885. He was promoted to captain in the Yeomanry on 24 March 1888. On 16 January 1901, he was given the honorary rank of major in the Yeomanry. That rank was made substantive on 18 September. On 13 June 1903, he was appointed honorary colonel of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the
146: 141:. His association with the Warwickshire volunteer and militia units continued. He was appointed honorary lieutenant-colonel in the Warwickshire Yeomanry on 7 February 1906, and on 16 December 1907, was appointed 172:
from 21 November 1917, up until 16 October 1919. While he supported the war effort as a Warwickshire country magnate (where he was appointed Vice Lieutenant on 3 September 1915,), he also bought and equipped a
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In addition to his association with the Yeomanry and Volunteer Force in Warwickshire, from 1886 to 1891, Leigh was assistant secretary to the
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and honorary colonel of several volunteer and Territorial formations associated with the county, he served as an ambulance driver in the
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Leigh had no children by either marriage, so when he died on 16 May 1938, he was succeeded by his nephew,
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Leigh continued to serve as honorary colonel of the two Royal Warwickshire battalions during the
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He retired from the honorary colonelcy of 7th Battalion on 5 July 1933.
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on 2 January 1923 for long service, and was made a president of the
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at the latter's death in 1905, and inherited the family home of
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5th (Militia) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
32:(30 July 1855 – 16 May 1938) was a British peer and 748:Portraits of Francis Dudley Leigh, 3rd Baron Leigh 232:Hunningham, in A History of the County of Warwick 161:unit which replaced the 2nd Volunteer Battalion. 833: 83:died in a hunting accident in Montana in 1884. 521:(Supplement). 20 November 1917. p. 12095. 541:(Supplement). 21 October 1919. p. 12752. 149:(becoming the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion in the 857:Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom 229: 249:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 59:and his wife Caroline. He was educated at 703: 279: 274: 272: 270: 268: 266: 264: 262: 260: 234:. Vol. 6. London. pp. 117–120. 872:Knights of Grace of the Order of St John 707:Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy 651: 631: 611: 591: 571: 551: 531: 511: 491: 471: 451: 431: 411: 391: 371: 351: 331: 311: 291: 86:On 18 January 1885, he was appointed a 834: 257: 75:in 1882. Francis became his father's 21:Francis Dudley Leigh, 3rd Baron Leigh 852:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 57:William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh 130:, which he represented until 1907. 13: 867:Deputy lieutenants of Warwickshire 501:. 28 September 1908. p. 7032. 381:. 17 September 1901. p. 6103. 185:William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven 14: 903: 752:National Portrait Gallery, London 741: 561:. 7 September 1915. p. 8869. 461:. 27 November 1908. p. 9032. 441:. 17 December 1907. p. 8779. 421:. 20 February 1906. p. 1227. 180:and drove it on the front lines. 887:People educated at Harrow School 882:Members of London County Council 877:Lord-lieutenants of Warwickshire 757:Portrait of the first Lady Leigh 704:Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). 321:. 6 November 1885. p. 5082. 191:on 1 June 1922, was awarded the 780:Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire 665: 645: 641:. 16 January 1923. p. 374. 625: 605: 585: 581:. 16 August 1921. p. 6482. 565: 545: 525: 505: 485: 481:. 24 January 1908. p. 571. 465: 445: 425: 361:. 15 January 1901. p. 314. 301:. 20 January 1885. p. 275. 170:Warwickshire Volunteer Regiment 96:Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire 50:Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire 892:Warwickshire Yeomanry officers 697: 405: 385: 365: 345: 341:. 23 March 1888. p. 1782. 325: 305: 285: 223: 133:Leigh succeeded his father as 36:landowner. He was Lord of the 1: 798:Peerage of the United Kingdom 621:. 2 January 1923. p. 67. 401:. 12 June 1903. p. 3719. 216: 661:. 4 July 1933. p. 4478. 601:. 2 June 1922. p. 4227. 116:Secretary of State for India 94:by his father, who was then 7: 183:Following the death of the 105:Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10: 908: 790:Lord Henry Charles Seymour 128:St George's Hanover Square 65:Trinity College, Cambridge 820: 811: 803: 796: 786: 777: 769: 764: 55:He was the second son of 862:British Militia officers 732:: CS1 maint: location ( 16:British peer (1855–1938) 79:when his elder brother 193:Territorial Decoration 67:, which awarded him a 124:London County Council 100:Warwickshire Yeomanry 48:. In 1921, he became 42:Warwickshire Yeomanry 230:L F Salzman (1951). 199:on 12 January 1923. 122:. He was elected to 40:. 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Warwickshire
Manor of Hunningham
Warwickshire Yeomanry
First World War
Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire
William Henry Leigh, 2nd Baron Leigh
Harrow School
Trinity College, Cambridge
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MA
heir apparent
Gilbert
deputy lieutenant
Warwickshire
Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire
Warwickshire Yeomanry
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Volunteer Force
Secretary of State for India
Viscount Cross
London County Council
St George's Hanover Square
Baron Leigh
Stoneleigh Abbey
Honorary Colonel
5th (Militia) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Special Reserve
Haldane Reforms

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