Francis Leigh (MP for Kildare)
Francis Leigh (fl.1663–1692) was an Irish Jacobite politician.
Leigh was the son of John Leigh of County Kildare. On 22 July 1663, Leigh was appointed Escheator of Leinster by Charles II of England. In 1689 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Kildare Borough in the short-lived Patriot Parliament summoned by James II of England.[1] James II also appointed him as an assessor of taxation for County Kildare.[2] Following the conclusion of the Williamite War in Ireland, Leigh was attainted in 1691 and forfeited his entire estate.
References
- ^ O'Hart, John, The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689, Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ D'Alton, John. Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical of King James's Irish Army List (1689). Irish Roots Cafe (1997), p.30. Retrieved 23 February 2023.