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The Right Honourable
Sir Charles Leighton
EK
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12th Premier of Enderron
Elections: 1875, 1877, 1880, 1883, 1885,
1888, 1889, 1891, 1894, 1897, 1900
In office
29 January 1897 – 23 March 1900
Monarch Victoria
Governor Edward Grey
Deputy Norman Frederickson
Preceded by William Thurmond
Succeeded by Samuel David Scott
In office
4 March 1891 – 28 September 1892
Monarch Victoria
Governor Robert Page
Deputy Walter Kennard
Preceded by James S. Campbell
Succeeded by James S. Campbell
In office
1 April 1875 – 31 July 1889
Monarch Victoria
Governor James McWilliams
William Watford
Robert Page
Deputy J. P. Lyons
Thomas F. Robertson
Edmund Cottsworth
Walter Kennard
Preceded by William Watford
Succeeded by James S. Campbell
Leader of the British Mariana Liberal Party
In office
15 May 1874 – 3 April 1900
Deputy J. P. Lyons
Thomas F. Robertson
Edmund Cottsworth
Walter Kennard
Frank McArthur
Norman Frederickson
Preceded by Henry Nash
Succeeded by Norman Frederickson
Personal details
Born Charles James Arthur Leighton
9 September 1821
New Plymouth, Colony of Enderron
Died 23 October 1906 (aged 85)
New Plymouth, Colony of Enderron
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Maryanne Fordham (m. 1849)
Children 6
Education Plymouth College
Alma mater University of Oxford
Religion Anglican

Sir Charles James Arthur Leighton, EK, (9 September 1821 – 23 October 1906) was an Enderronian colonial politician who served as Premier of Enderron for 19 years, spread over three terms beginning in 1875 and ending in 1900. He is Enderron's second-longest-serving head of government, after William Oxley. He served as the leader of the Liberal Party for more than a quarter of a century, from 1874 to 1900.

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