Sir Baldwin Leighton, 7th Baronet (14 May 1805 – 26 February 1871)[1] was an English landowner and politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1865.

His father was an army general and governor of Carrickfergus Castle, and had inherited the baronetcy, with estates centred at Loton Park, Shropshire, from his cousin in 1819.

[4] Leighton married Mary Parker of Sweeney Hall near Oswestry, Shropshire, in 1832.

She was also a very competent amateur artist[5] and her works include a portrait of her husband in Egyptian attire.

[7] Leighton died at Norton Hall, near Daventry, Northamptonshire on 26 January 1871 aged 65, and was buried in Loton Park's parish churchyard of St Michael, Alberbury.