Sir John Leigh (1598–1666) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1660.
Leigh was the eldest son of Barnaby Leigh of Northcourt in the Isle of Wight and his first wife Elizabeth Bampfield, daughter of Hugh Bampfield of North Cadbury, Somerset.
His grandfather, also named Sir John Leigh, had bought Northcourt in 1586, and began the building of the manor house, which still exists.
[1] As Colonel of the Isle of Wight Trained Bands he held the island for Parliament during the Civil War from 1642 to 1647.
[1] Leigh married Anne Bulkeley, daughter of William Bulkeley of Nether Burgate, Fordingbridge, Hampshire and had two sons and three daughters, including John, his heir, and Elizabeth, who married Sir Peter Stanley, 2nd Baronet, of Alderley, Cheshire.