Egerton Leigh JP DL MP (7 March 1815 – 1 July 1876) was a British landowner, soldier, Conservative politician and author.

[1] Leigh married Lydia Rachel, daughter of John Smith Wright, JP in 1842.

After leaving Eton, Leigh entered the army as Cornet in the Queen's Bays,[1] and went on to serve as a captain in the 2nd Dragoon Guards and a major and brevet lieutenant-colonel in the Cheshire Militia.

He was appointed a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Cheshire, and served as High Sheriff of the county in 1872.

He was a staunch Conservative, in favour of the union of Church and State and of economy in public expenditure.