Historical records matching Col. Thomas Peter Legh, MP
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About Col. Thomas Peter Legh, MP
- Thomas Peter Legh succeeded to Lyme Paron the death of his uncle, Peter Legh XIII, in 1792.
- He was born c. 1753, became a Colonel of the 3rd Light Dragoons and MP for Newton. He died aged 44 at Edinburgh on 7 August 1797 and was buried at Winwick. Thomas Peter had seven illegitimate children by seven different women. They were Thomas; William; Peter, born 1796 who became incumbent of St. Peter's in Newton; Maria; Margaret; Emma and Mary. The first three daughters all married men given the appellation Esquire in Earwaker's family tree, indicating that they must have been brought up as "ladies". Lady Newton in her book The House of Lyme, diplomatically ends her story just as Thomas Peter Legh succeeds to the estate. The later Leghs, are all descended from his second illegitimate son, William.
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Col. Thomas Peter Legh, MP's Timeline
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1753
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December 3, 1792
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Newton-in-Makerfield, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
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January 1797
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Disley, Cheshire
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August 7, 1797
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