Sir Egerton Leigh, 1st Baronet (11 October 1733 – 15 September 1781), was a British colonial jurist, who served as HM Attorney-General of South Carolina.
Educated at Westminster School in London,[2] he emigrated to America after his father became Chief Justice of South Carolina.
Leigh qualified as a barrister and served as a Member of Council and a Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court, before becoming Surveyor-General of South Carolina.
[3] In addition to his judicial appointments, Leigh bought tobacco plantations and was a Freemason of the Moderns Lodges.
[4] Following an adultery scandal and pledging his continued loyalty to the Crown, his credibility was ruined so no masonic meetings were held, but by default Leigh remained Provincial Grand Master for nine years[5] until he was finally succeeded by John Deas in 1781.