Leighton Seager, 1st Baron Leighton of St Mellons

(George) Leighton Seager, 1st Baron Leighton of St Mellons, CBE (11 January 1896 – 17 October 1963), previously known as Sir George Leighton Seager, 1st Baronet, from 1952 to 1962, was a Welsh shipping magnate.

The youngest son of Sir William Seager, of Cardiff, founder of W. H. Seager & Company, shipowners, he became a director of the family shipping firm, later serving as President of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce from 1934 to 1945 and of the Council of Shipping in 1944, then Prime Warden Shipwright for 1953/54.

Knighted in 1938, he was created a Baronet, of St Mellons in the County of Monmouth on 1 July 1952[2] before being raised to the peerage as Baron Leighton of St Mellons on 25 January 1962.

Lord Leighton of St Mellons died in 1963, being succeeded in the barony and baronetcy by his elder son John Leighton.

His eldest brother, Major John Elliot Seager MC JP DL, served as High Sheriff of Glamorgan for 1937/38.