Edward Adam Leatham (2 August 1828 – 6 February 1900) was an English Liberal Member of Parliament.
His victory was celebrated at a banquet at which John Bright, Richard Cobden, Frank Crossley, Baines and others were present.
[1] In 1861 he instituted the Huddersfield College Prize Medals for history and English declamation which were awarded for the two subjects in alternate years.
[4] In July 1865 he was defeated by Colonel Crosland who died in 1868 and Leatham won the ensuing by-election with a large majority over Serjeant Sleigh,[1] and held the seat until his retirement in 1886.
[6] He was a scholar and published a historical romance Charmione: A Tale of the Great Athenian Revolution in 1858.