General Sir Baldwin Leighton, 6th Baronet (15 January 1747 – 13 November 1828) was a senior English officer in the British Army.

[1][2] He joined the army in 1760 by purchasing a lieutenancy (at the age of 13) in Captain Jenning's company, which in that same year became part of the 96th Regiment and was posted to India.

There Leighton undertook garrison duties at Fort St George before taking to the field.

[citation needed] In 1787 he purchased a majority in the regiment and left for Gibraltar in 1792, where he was promoted lieutenant colonel.

[3] He was made Governor of Carrickfergus on 30 January 1817, and held the office, a sinecure that paid £159 p.a., until he died at his seat, Loton Park, Shropshire in 1828.