William Allport Leighton
Botanist, clergyman and antiquary. Schoolfellow of CD's in Shrewsbury, 1817. Curate of St Giles's, Shrewsbury, 1846–8. Edited the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society for many years. Published The flora of Shropshire (1841).
Sources: Clergy list 1846–8 Desmond, Ray 1994 DNB Freeman, R. B. 1978
(See the bibliography for full references to sources)