William Leyborne Leyborne

William Leyborne Leyborne (1744 — 16 April 1775) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the Windward Islands from 1771 to 1775. Early life Leyborne was born William Leyborne Taylor, son of Edward Taylor and Ann Leyborne, in 1736. Ann was the daughter of Anthony Leyborne. William later took the name Leyborne in place of Taylor, thus becoming William Leyborne Leyborne. On 19 May 1763 he married Ann Popham, daughter of Edward Popham, Esq. MP, of Littlecote Wiltshire. When his brother-in-law Francis Popham, Edward's heir, died childless in 1779, the estates were inherited by his widow Dorothy Popham (nee Hutton) and on her death in 1797, they went to another Francis Popham (1757 - 1804), the "reputed son" of Francis of Littlecote. On his death in 1804, William Leyborne Leyborne's eldest son Edward William Leyborne inherited the estates and was obliged to add the name Popham to his own. Edward William Leyborne Popham became General Popham (1764 – 1843) of Littlecote and later High Sheriff of Wiltshire.