Stanley Leighton

His diaries record a trip to India and Ceylon in 1867-1868 and the pair visited Australia in 1868 where Leighton produced many original sketches.

[3] In 1875, he purchased Llwyd's Mansion, an impressive timber-framed building in the centre of Oswestry dating from 1604, which was then renovated and divided into shops.

[4] In 1874 Leighton stood unsuccessfully for Bewdley but at a by-election in 1876 he was elected Member of Parliament for North Shropshire and held the seat until it was reorganised in 1885.

His Shropshire houses: past & present; illustrated from drawings (1901) was complete and in the printer's hands at the time of his death.

[6] Leighton served as president of the Wenlock Olympian Games in 1885 and 1886[7] and in 1900 was elected treasurer of the Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury.