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oil painting of baldwin leighton from shropshire museums collections loton alberbury . park 's parish churchyard of st michael , 26 february 1871 norton hall baldwyn , stanley , and charlotte 14 may 1805 mary parker leighton.jpg sir baldwin leighton , 7th baronet
 sir baldwin leighton member of parliament for south shropshire
sir baldwin leighton , 7th baronet

sir baldwin leighton , 7th baronet -lrb- 14 may 1805 -- 26 february 1871 -rrb- was an english landowner and politician , who sat in the house of commons from 1859 to 1865 .
leighton was the son of sir baldwin leighton , 6th baronet and his second wife anne stanley of alderley cheshire .
his father was an army general and governor of carrickfergus , and had inherited the baronetcy , with estates centred at loton park , shropshire , from a distant cousin in 1819 .
leighton inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1828 and was high sheriff of shropshire in 1835 .
he served in the local yeomanry , initially as cornet in 1824 and captain in 1828 of the then shrewsbury yeomanry cavalry , continuing to serve after they merged into the south salopian yeomanry cavalry in the latter year .
in the 1859 general election , leighton was elected member of parliament for south shropshire .
he held the seat until the 1865 general election .
leighton married mary parker of sweeney hall , shropshire , in 1832 .
she inherited the sweeney estate on the death of her brother rev. john parker an amateur artist and prolific painter .
she was also a very competent amateur artist and her works include a portrait of her husband in egyptian attire .
their sons baldwyn leighton and stanley leighton both represented shropshire seats in parliament .
their daughter charlotte married general william feilding .
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 .
