Augustus Austen Leigh (1840–1905) was the 32nd provost of King's College, Cambridge.
He was the sixth son of J. Edward Austen (after 1836 Austen Leigh, vicar of Bray (Berks) and of Emma Smith (d. 1876), daughter of Charles Smith, M.P., of Suttons in Essex.
His brothers, Arthur, Charles, Cholmeley and Spencer were all first-class cricketers.
Born at Scarlets, Berkshire, he entered King's College, in 1859, where earned the members' prize in 1862, and graduated with an M.A.
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