Richard Leigh of Newton-in-Bowland, Gentleman of Newton-in-Bowland
Dates: flourished 1716
Biography
A Lancashire landowner who bought four-fifths of the forfeited Dalton Aldcliffe estate from the Crown in 1716.
Notes / Sources
The source does not supply his death date or the precise date on which his interest passed to his son Benjamin.
Research sources:
- R. Bellis, Aldcliffe historical transcript, p. 42; accompanying family chart at p. 48. — https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/rhc/Aldcliffetranscript.pdf
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