The son of The Reverend James Edward Austen-Leigh and his wife Emma, he was born at Tring in September 1829.
[1] His father was a nephew to the novelist Jane Austen.
[3] A student of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar to practise as a barrister in April 1856.
[6] Austen-Leigh was on the council of King's College London and was a partner in the printing company, Eyre & Spottiswoode.
[7] His brothers, Arthur, Charles and Spencer were all first-class cricketers.