James Leith (British Army officer, born 1763)

Lieutenant-General

Sir James Leith

GCB
Lieutenant-General; Sir James Leith; GCB
	Unfinished portrait of Leith by Thomas Heaphy
Born	8 August 1763; Leith Hall, Kennethmont
Died	16 October 1816 (aged 53); Barbados, British West Indies
Buried	Westminster Abbey, London
Allegiance	Great Britain ; United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1780–1816
Rank	Lieutenant-general
Unit	21st Regiment of Foot; 81st Regiment of Foot (Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment); 50th Regiment of Foot;
Commands	Independent Company of Foot; Aberdeen Fencibles; 13th Battalion of Reserve; 5th Division; Captain-General and Governor of the Leeward Islands;
Conflicts	French Revolutionary Wars Siege of Toulon (1793); Irish Rebellion of 1798; ; Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War; Walcheren Campaign; Invasion of Guadeloupe (1815); ;
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Army Gold Cross; Knight Commander of the Royal Military Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal); Grand Cordon of the Royal Military Order of Merit (France);
Relations	Alexander Leith Hay (brother); Andrew Leith Hay (nephew)

Lieutenant-General Sir James Leith GCB (8 August 1763 – 16 October 1816) 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.