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Sir Egerton Leigh, 1st Baronet

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of the Moderns Lodges. Elected and then re-elected as Provincial Grand Master of South Carolina in 1772, he hosted a rather large celebration in Charleston for his election. Following an adultery scandal and pledging his continued loyalty to the Crown, his credibility was ruined so no masonic
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meetings were held, but by default Leigh remained Provincial Grand Master for nine years until he was finally succeeded by John Deas in 1781.
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In 1756 he married Martha Bremar (died 1801) and they had 13 children, including: Martha Leigh who married Nathan Garrick, nephew of
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reprinted in Robert M. Calhoon and Robert M. Weir, "The Scandalous History of Sir Edgerton Leigh" in
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Robert M. Calhoon and Robert M. Weir, "The Scandalous History of Sir Egerton Leigh",
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In addition to his judicial appointments, Leigh bought tobacco plantations and was a
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Munster Abbey, a Romance: Interspersed with Reflections on Virtue and Morality
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Tory Insurgents: The Loyalist Perception and Other Essays
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Robert M. Calhoon and Timothy M. Barnes, ed. (2012).
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James Laurens to Henry Laurens. 29 December 1773, in
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Egerton Leigh (disambiguation)
British
colonial
jurist
HM Attorney-General of South Carolina
Loyalist
West Hall, High Legh
Cheshire
Westminster School
London
America
Chief Justice of South Carolina
barrister
Member of Council
Judge
Vice-Admiralty Court
Surveyor-General
South Carolina
King George III
Baronet
styled
Freemason
David Garrick
Brigadier
Count
Friedrich Wilhelm von der Malsburg
Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, 6th Baronet
Revd Sir Egerton Leigh, 2nd Baronet
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Georgetown County

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