Maud Legh

Name Maud Des Champs De La Tour (born Lowther)
Death Nov 4 1882
Burial
Milford on Sea (All Saints Churchyard), Milford on Sea, England, United Kingdom

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Maud Lowther, m(1) Thomas LEGH who owned Lyme Park in Shropshire famous for the BBC filming of Pride and Prejudice with Mr. Darcy swimming in the lake. Thomas Legh had been married first to Ellen Jane (TURNER) Wakefield, who had been abducted by Edward Gibbons WAKEFIELD. (After serving a jail sentence for the abduction Wakefield went on to become a main driver in the founding of New Zealand.) After Thomas Legh's death Maud m(2) Auguste Des Champs de la Tour from a Huguenot family line one time Lords of Burgundy in France. The Legh family have connections to John WILKINSON who was involved with Abraham DARBY's famous Iron Bridge and later set up Wilkinson Sword Edge Razor Co. which is still operating. Thomas Legh was Lord of the Manor of the area close to All Saints Church, Milford-on-Sea, where Maud and Auguste are buried.