Sir Edward Leech (or Leche; 1572–1652) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625.
[2] He was of Cheshire when he was knighted by King James at Windsor on 9 September 1621[3] and about this time became Master in Chancery.
The Leech family is descended from a certain Jоhn Leche «Irlonde», the surgeon of Edward III.
In 1377, John "Irlonde" Leche was granted a patent on the possession of the castle Warin (Warden) in Kildare in Ireland, and in 1386 the moorlands near Stretton, Farndon and Coddington by Edward III.
His eldest son, Sir William Leche (1624-1676), was of Shipley Hall, Derbyshire and Squerryes Court, Westerham, Kent.