Lieutenant-General Sir James Leith was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who commanded the 5th Division in the Duke of Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army at several critical battles during the Peninsular War between 1810 and 1813.

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Occupation: military personnel
Position held: colonial governor of Guadeloupe, Governor of the Leeward Islands, Governor of Barbados
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: 1763, August 8, 1763
Died: October 16, 1816

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James Leith

British Army officer (1763–1816)

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Occupation: military personnel
Position held: colonial governor of Guadeloupe, Governor of the Leeward Islands, Governor of Barbados
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: 1763, August 8, 1763
Died: October 16, 1816

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Charles Picart (1780 - 1837) After John Wright (c. 1745 - 1820) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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