Background
He was the eldest son of Edward Leighton of Wattlesborough Castle, educated at Shrewsbury School (1566) and studied law at the Inner Temple in 1571.
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Thomas Leighton
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Shrewsbury School.
Career
He succeeded his father in 1593. As a young man he was a soldier and may have served in the Low Countries. By 1588 he had become captain of the county"s trained military units.
He was a Justice of the Peace from c.1592 and a Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire from 1596.
He was a Member (Member of Parliament) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire in 1597. He died in 1600 and was buried at Alberbury.
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March 17, 1600 (aged 46) -
Nationality
English