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Leighton, Sir Elisha [Ellis] (d. 1685), royalist courtier and government official  

D. W. Hayton

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23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Leighton, Sir Elisha [Ellis] (d. 1685), royalist courtier and government official, was the third son of the Scottish physician and presbyterian divine Alexander Leighton (c. 1570–1649), and younger brother of Robert Leighton (bap. 1612, d. 1684), bishop of Dunblane and archbishop of Glasgow...