My Family Tree

Benjamin Leigh

Person Chart

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Elizabeth Fleming (Wavell?)	1780	Benjamin M Leigh Rn Selina Fleming Leigh Louisa Anne Leigh Henry Leigh

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	1770
Occupation	1782
Marriage	5/12/1801	Newchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Census	1841	Hawthorn Cottage, Northwood, Hampshire, England
Death	22 February 1846	Fareham, England	occupation: Commander R.N.

Notes


Leigh. (Retired Commander, 1833. F-P., 24; H-P., 40.) Benjamin Leigh died 22 feb. 1846. This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, as Fst.-cl. Boy, onboard LA FORTUNEE, Capt. Hugh Cloberry Christian, and cruized,until the peace of 1783, on the coast of North America. He served next, from 1786 to 1792, part of the time as Midshipman, in the ATALANTE sloop, Capts. Delgano, Schomberg, Halsted, Foote,and Elphinstone, on the East India station; and after a further attachment to the ALCIDE 74, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the SPITFIRE sloop, was confirmed, 10 March, 1795, into the HORNET sloop, Capts. Wm. Lukin and Robt. Larkan, in which vessel he made a voyage to St. Helena. His subsequent appointments were- 27 Dec. 1796, to the MINERVA frigate, Capt. Thos. Peyton, in the Channel - 28 Sept. 1797, to the INFLEXIBLE, Capt. Ferris,on the Downs station - 28 June, 1799, to LA JUSTE 80, capt.Sir Henry Trollope, which ship a serious injury compelled him to leave in the following year - for a short time in 1801, to the command of the CROWN prison-ship at Portsmouth - and, in1804, to the charge of a signal station in the Isle of Wight, where he remained until 1814. He became a Retired Commander,-on the Senior List, 10 Jan. 1833. He was father-in-law of the present Commander Geo. Caswell,R.N. [British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849] Leigh, Benjamin L. 10 March 1795 [The Commissioned Sea Officers Of The Royal Navy 1660-1815 Volume2] 1841 Census Hawthorn Cottage, Northwood, Hampshire 4 March 1846 death certificate cause of death "Ascites" certified

Leigh. (Retired Commander, 1833. F-P., 24; H-P., 40.)
Benjamin Leigh died 22 feb. 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1782, as Fst.-cl. Boy, onboard LA FORTUNEE, Capt. Hugh Cloberry Christian, and cruized,until the peace of 1783, on the coast of North America. He served next, from 1786 to 1792, part of the time as Midshipman, in the ATALANTE sloop, Capts. Delgano, Schomberg, Halsted, Foote,and Elphinstone, on the East India station; and after a further attachment to the ALCIDE 74, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, to the SPITFIRE sloop, was confirmed, 10 March, 1795, into the HORNET sloop, Capts. Wm. Lukin and Robt. Larkan, in which vessel he made a voyage to St. Helena. His subsequent appointments were- 27 Dec. 1796, to the MINERVA frigate, Capt. Thos. Peyton, in the Channel - 28 Sept. 1797, to the INFLEXIBLE, Capt. Ferris,on the Downs station - 28 June, 1799, to LA JUSTE 80, capt.Sir Henry Trollope, which ship a serious injury compelled him to leave in the following year - for a short time in 1801, to the command of the CROWN prison-ship at Portsmouth - and, in1804, to the charge of a signal station in the Isle of Wight, where he remained until 1814. He became a Retired Commander,-on the Senior List, 10 Jan. 1833.
He was father-in-law of the present Commander Geo. Caswell,R.N.
[British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849]

Leigh, Benjamin
L. 10 March 1795
[The Commissioned Sea Officers Of The Royal Navy 1660-1815 Volume2]

1841 Census Hawthorn Cottage, Northwood, Hampshire

4 March 1846 death certificate
cause of death "Ascites" certified