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{{Short description|Irish (Jacobite) politician}}
'''Francis Leigh''' ([[fl.]] 1663–1692) was an Irish [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] politician.
Leigh was the son of John Leigh of [[County Kildare]]. On 22 July 1663, Leigh was appointed [[Escheator of Leinster]] by [[Charles II of England]]. In 1689 he was elected as a [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Kildare Borough]] in the short-lived [[Patriot Parliament]] summoned by [[James II of England]].<ref>O'Hart, John, [https://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees2/irish-parliament-king-james.php The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689], ''Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation'' (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 23 February 2023.</ref> James II also appointed him as an assessor of taxation for County Kildare.<ref>D'Alton, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DuQ2cIDaU6cC ''Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical of King James's Irish Army List (1689)'']. Irish Roots Cafe (1997), p.30. Retrieved 23 February 2023.</ref> Following the conclusion of the [[Williamite War in Ireland]], Leigh was [[attainted]] in 1691 and forfeited his entire estate.
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| title  = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Kildare Borough]]
| with = [[Robert Porter (Kildare politician)|Robert Porter]]
| years  = 1689
| before = Sir Thomas Harman <br/> John Pecke
| after  = [[Thomas Medlycott (1662–1738)|Thomas Medlycott]] <br/> [[Francis Robartes]]
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