William Leigh (Dean of Hereford)

{{Short description|Anglican priest (1752–1808)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}William Leigh (1752, Rushall, Herefordshire – 1808, Hereford)'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, August 04, 1820; Issue 15408 was an Anglican priest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[https://archive.today/20130505142245/http://herefordshire1757-1820.typepad.co.uk/herefordshire_17571820/page/2/ Herefordshire 1700-1820]

Leigh was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.“Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900” Venn,J./ John Archibald Venn, J.A. [https://archive.org/stream/p2alumnicantabri04univuoft#page/146/mode/2up Part II. 1752–1900. Vol. iv. Kahlenberg – Oyler, 1947 p146] He held livings at Little Plumstead, Witton and Brundall.