Percival Leigh

Percival Leigh (3 November 1813 – 24 October 1889), was an English satirist and comic writer, known as one of the founding contributors to the magazine Punch, where he was deputy to the editor, Mark Lemon.

He collaborated with cartoonists including John Leech and Richard Doyle and was the last survivor of the original Punch contributors.

Leigh was born in Haddington, Scotland, and trained for the medical profession at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.

[1] When Brooks died in 1874 after four years as editor, Leigh was expected to be appointed, but Tom Taylor was preferred.

[1] Doyle's cartoons had appeared weekly in Punch and for the book Leigh added commentary in the style of Pepys's Diary.