Edward Leathes (10 February 1801 – 11 February 1871) was an English army officer and cricketer.[1]
Leathes was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, the fifth son of George Leathes of the 1st Royal Dragoons, and his wife Mary Moore; Venn gives the year of birth as 1797.[1] His brothers included John Francis Leathes of Herringfleet Hall, and the Rev. Frederick Leathes, Rector of Reedham.[2] He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School, and matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1815, where he kept just three terms. He became a Lieutenant in the 1st Royal Dragoons, having joined as a cornet in 1816. His father died in 1817.[2] [3] [4] Leathes bought Normanston(e) Hall, south-west of Lowestoft, in 1832.[5] He died 11 February 1871 at Normanston, and was buried at Herringfleet.[1]
Leathes was a cricketer with amateur status who was associated with Suffolk and made his first-class debut in 1830.[1]
Leathes married in 1823 Eliza Mary Galloway, daughter of John Galloway of Exeter. They had six sons and four daughters.[2] The youngest son, Philip, of the Suffolk Regiment, later resided at Normanston Hall.[6]
. The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . Edward Walford . R. Hardwicke . 613 . 2 . London . 1892 . 32nd.