Leigh was knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours for "public and political service", and was dubbed "the Viscount" in the House of Commons, in allusion to his landed gentry background.
Leigh was knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours for public and political service. He takes in good spirit his alias "the Viscount" in the corridors and lobbies of the House of Commons in reference to his landed gentry background.