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Sir Thomas Leigh (c. 1509 – November 17, 1571) was Lord Mayor of London in 1558. ==Life== He has been wrongly credited to be the ancestor that links Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as cousins. The actual common ancestor is Sir Thomas Leighton, the governor of Guernsey. He was an Elizabethan soldier and diplomat. Sir Thomas Leigh ''was'' an ancestor of Jane Austen, though her mother Cassandra Leigh. Thomas was born about 1509 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England to Roger and Anne Leigh. He was the great-great grandson of Sir Piers Legh II, who was wounded at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Thomas was raised by Sir Roland Hill, a wool merchant in London. Thomas later joined Roland's business, and around 1537, he married Roland's niece and heir, Alice Barker,〔 daughter of John Barker and Elizabeth Hill. Thomas also served as Sheriff of London in 1555 and in 1558 as Lord Mayor of London. In 1558, after the death of Mary I of England, Thomas led the procession leading up to the coronation of Elizabeth I of England. In 1559, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth. In 1561, Thomas Leigh and Roland Hill purchased Stoneleigh Abbey after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and a house was built on the site of the monastical buildings. Some of Leigh's descendants lived in the estate from 1561 to 1990. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Leigh (Lord Mayor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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