Francis Knyvett Leighton (1806 – 13 October 1881) was an English academic and priest, who was Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1858 until his death.
[1] Leighton was educated at the University of Oxford, matriculating as a member of Trinity College on 24 June 1823 at the age of 16.
[2] He was a demy (scholar) at Magdalen College from 1823 to 1829, obtaining a second-class BA degree in 1828, and winning a prize for Latin verse in 1826.
[2] He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1866 to 1870[4] (a post in which he was "distinguished by his courtesy and hospitality",[3] according to his obituary in The Times), and a residentiary canon of Westminster Abbey from 1868 onwards.
[2] He died in the Warden's Lodgings at the college, aged 75, after a "long and lingering illness".