General Charles Leigh (1748 – 7 August 1815) was a British Army officer.

Educated at Eton College, Leigh was commissioned into the 3rd Regiment of Guards on 12 March 1764.

[1] He went on to command the flank battalion of guards at the Siege of Valenciennes in June 1793 and the Siege of Dunkirk in August 1793 during the Flanders Campaign.

[1] Leigh raised the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) in September 1793.

[6] Leigh served as colonel of the 82nd (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot from 1793 to 1797,[2] colonel of the 20th (the East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot from 1797 to 1809[7] and colonel of the 3rd (the East Kent) Regiment of Foot from 1809 to 1815.