William Leigh (Dean of Hereford)

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William Leigh (1752, Rushall, Herefordshire – 1808, Hereford)^[1] was an Anglican priest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.^[2]

Leigh was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3] He held livings at Little Plumstead, Witton and Brundall.

References

^ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, August 04, 1820; Issue 15408
^ Herefordshire 1700-1820
^ “Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900” Venn,J./ John Archibald Venn, J.A. Part II. 1752–1900. Vol. iv. Kahlenberg – Oyler, 1947 p146

Church of England titles
Preceded by Nathan Wetherell	Dean of Hereford 1807–1808	Succeeded by George Gretton

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[1] 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, August 04, 1820; Issue 15408

[2] Herefordshire 1700-1820

[3] “Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900” Venn,J./ John Archibald Venn, J.A. Part II. 1752–1900. Vol. iv. Kahlenberg – Oyler, 1947 p146

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v t e Deans of Hereford
High Medieval	Ralph Geoffrey Richard Hugh de Breusa Hugh de Mapenor Henry Thomas de Bosebir Ralph de Maidstone Stephen Thorne Ancelin/Anselm Giles de Avenbury John de Aqua-Blanca
Late Medieval	Stephen de Ledebury Thomas Trilleck William de Feriby William Bermingham John de Middleton John Harold John Prophet Thomas Felde John Bagshaw John Stanwey Henry Shelford John Berew Richard Pede Thomas Chaundler Oliver King John Hervey
Early modern	Reginald West Thomas Wolsey Edmund Frowcester Gamaliel Clifton Hugh Curwen Edmund Daniel John Ellis John Watkins Charles Langford Edward Doughtie Richard Montagu Oliver Lloyd Silvanus Griffiths Daniel Price John Richardson Jonathan Browne Herbert Croft Thomas Hodges George Benson John Tyler Robert Clavering John Harris Edward Cresset Edmund Castle John Egerton Francis Webber Nathan Wetherell
Late modern	William Leigh George Gretton Robert Carr Edward Mellish Edward Grey John Merewether Richard Dawes George Herbert Wentworth Leigh Reginald Waterfield Hedley Burrows Robert Price Norman Rathbone Peter Haynes Robert Willis Michael Tavinor Sarah Brown

v t e Diocese of Hereford
Hereford Cathedral The Palace, Hereford
Office holders	Richard Jackson, Bishop of Hereford AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Sarah Brown, Dean of Hereford Derek Chedzey, Archdeacon of Hereford Fiona Gibson, Archdeacon of Ludlow
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Shropshire/Salop (11th century–1876; renamed to Ludlow)

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