Peerage Record – 49707

     Alfred Frederick Sotheby was born on 22 November 1874 at London, England.^2,3 He was the son of Admiral Sir Edward Southwell Sotheby and Lucy Elizabeth Adeane.^4,2 He married Catherina Barbara Leighton, daughter of Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Bt. and Hon. Eleanor Leicester Leighton-Warren, on 28 September 1909.¹ He died on 9 October 1949 at age 74.¹
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.³ He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.³ He lived in 1937 at Lennox Lodge, Lennox Gardens, London, England.³

     Meriel Gundrede Leighton was the daughter of Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Bt. and Hon. Eleanor Leicester Leighton-Warren.² She married Algernon Edward Perkins, son of George Perkins, on 9 April 1890.¹ She died on 20 February 1947.¹
     From 9 April 1890, her married name became Perkins.

     Algernon Edward Perkins was the son of George Perkins.² He married Meriel Gundrede Leighton, daughter of Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Bt. and Hon. Eleanor Leicester Leighton-Warren, on 9 April 1890.¹ He died on 1 October 1926.¹

     Amy H. Sumner was born in 1844 at St. James’s, Westminster, London, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Sumner and Margaret Boulcott.¹

     Marian Cotton is the daughter of John Cotton and Susannah Edwards.¹ She married Charles Ryan.¹
     Her married name became Ryan.¹

     Adela F. Sumner was born in 1864 at Battersea, Surrey, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Sumner and Margaret Boulcott.¹

     Sir Richard Tihel Leighton, 10th Bt. was born on 13 February 1893.¹ He was the son of Sir Bryan Baldwyn Mawdddwy Leighton, 9th Bt. and Margaret Frances Fletcher.² He married Kathleen Irene Linda Lees, daughter of Major Albert Ernest Lees, on 5 January 1932.¹ He died on 26 September 1957 at age 64.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded and became a POW.¹ He gained the rank of Flying Officer in the Royal Flying Corps.¹ He was Territorial Decoration (T.D.)¹ He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Leighton, of Wattlesborough, Shropshire [E., 1693] on 19 January 1919.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Shropshire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Shropshire.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel in the Territorial Army Reserve, Shropshire Yeomanry and Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1956.¹

     Major Arthur Ralph Kingsley Weston was born circa 1904.² He married Margaret Kitching in 1942 at York, Yorkshire, England.² He died in 1965 at Lambeth, London, England.²
     He lived at Howlet Hall, Sleights, Whitby, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Kathleen Irene Linda Lees was the daughter of Major Albert Ernest Lees.² She married Sir Richard Tihel Leighton, 10th Bt., son of Sir Bryan Baldwyn Mawdddwy Leighton, 9th Bt. and Margaret Frances Fletcher, on 5 January 1932.¹ She died in 1993.¹
     From 5 January 1932, her married name became Leighton.