Surname: Leigh Forename(s): Cholmeley Austen b. 26 September 1829. d. 30 September 1899. Nationality: English.
Barrister and poet. Educated at Trinity College, Oxford, and Lincoln’s Inn. Called
to the bar in 1856. Married Melesina Trench on 7 January 1864. Author of A Homeward Ride and Other Poems (1868). Biographical information: Curran Index; Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p. 272; Foster, Men-at-the-Bar, p. 274. (AC, CC)