KINGS DOWN

Thomas Pemberton-Leigh , 1 Baron (elder son of Robert Pemberton, barrister, d. 2 Aug. 1804). b. London 11 Feb. 1793; barrister L.I. 18 Nov. 1816, bencher 1830 to death; practised in equity courts 1816–43; K.C. Nov. 1829; leader in the rolls court 1835; declined the solicitor generalship, a puisne judgeship and vice-chancellorship; M.P. Rye 1831–32; M.P. Ripon 1835–43; attorney general to prince of Wales 1841–43; chancellor of duchy of Cornwall, May 1843 to 1861; on death of his kinsman sir Robert Leigh, came into a life interest in the Wigan estate of £17,000 a year Jany. 1843; took additional surname of Leigh by r.l. 7 March 1843; P.C. 10 June 1843, member of its judicial committee 1843–63 for which he declined to take any remuneration; declined the Great Seal from the Derby ministry 1858; created baron Kings down of Kings down, Kent 28 Aug. 1858. d. Torre hill, Sitting bourne, Kent 7 Oct. 1867. Law mag. and law review , xxvi 216–23 (1869); Annual Register (1867) pp. 187–89.