William Henry Leigh (1781–1818) was a British merchant, slave trader and former colonial official in Sierra Leone during the early nineteenth century.
Leigh eventually settled in the Îles de Los and was a wealthy smuggler of American goods.
[3] William Henry Leigh died in 1818 at the Isles de Los at the age of 37 years old.
Leigh left a will in which he provided for his several children which was disputed in the English courts in the early nineteenth century.
James Leigh was represented by Mr. Simpkinson and the case reached the court of the Lord Chief Baron.