About Thomas Peter Legh
Lived 1754 – 1797 (aged 42–43). Thomas Peter Legh was a British politician.
Thomas Peter Legh (1754–1797), was a British Member of Parliament.
Born about 1754 he was the first son of Reverend Ashburnham Legh of Golborne and Charlotte Elizabeth Legh née Egerton.
He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.
Legh was Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1780 until his death in 1797.
He died on 7 August 1797 leaving seven illegitimate children and his estates to his eldest son, Thomas Legh.
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British Member of Parliament ; (1754 - 1797)
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