South-Carolina
“L” is for Leigh, Sir Egerton (ca. 1732-1781)
“L” is for Leigh, Sir Egerton (ca. 1732-1781). Lawyer, jurist, councillor. Leigh immigrated to South Carolina in 1753 along with his father, the newly–appointed chief justice of the colony. The youthful Leigh shortly gathered a lot of profitable appointments together with surveyor normal, choose of the vice-admiralty court docket, and legal professional normal. He cultivated a promising profession and demonstrated himself as one of many crown’s most loyal servants in South Carolina. As political tensions elevated, Leigh grew to become an outspoken royalist. When he entered right into a scandalous affair along with his spouse’s youthful sister, he misplaced no matter was left of his fame. In 1773 he left the colony, looking for a colonial appointment elsewhere. When the English captured Charleston in 1780, Sir Egerton Leigh returned to South Carolina the place he served on the board of police and as intendant (mayor) of Charleston.