Sir Francis Leicester, 3rd Baronet

Sir Francis Leicester, 3rd Baronet (1674–1742) of Tabley, Cheshire was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727.

Leicester was born on 30 July 1674, the eldest surviving son of Sir Robert Leicester, 2nd Baronet, of Tabley and his wife Meriell Watson, daughter of Francis Watson of Church Aston, near Newport, Shropshire.

At the 1715 general election, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Newton by his friend, Peter Legh of Lyme, who owned the borough.

[3] Leicester extended Tabley Old Hall, increasing the servants' quarters, and adding another wing including a new library.

The inheritance fell to Merriel’s eldest son by her second marriage who duly changed his name from Byrne to Leicester.