Francis Leigh (fl.
On 22 July 1663, Leigh was appointed Escheator of Leinster by Charles II of England.
In 1689 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Kildare Borough in the short-lived Patriot Parliament summoned by James II of England.
[1] James II also appointed him as an assessor of taxation for County Kildare.
[2] Following the conclusion of the Williamite War in Ireland, Leigh was attainted in 1691 and forfeited his entire estate.