Thomas Peter Legh

Thomas Peter Legh
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Legh in his cavalry uniform c.1795
Member of Parliament
for Newton
In office
1780–1797
Personal details
Bornc.1754
Died7 August 1797
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford
AwardsKnight of the Order of Saint Joachim
Military service
AllegianceKingdom of Great Britain
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1794–1797
RankColonel
CommandsLancashire Fencible Cavalry

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.[1]

He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford.[1]

In 1794 he spent over £20,000 raising a regiment of fencible cavalry, The Lancashire Fencible Cavalry, to which he was appointed Colonel.[a][2]

Legh was Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1780 until his death in 1797.[1]

He died on 7 August 1797 leaving seven illegitimate children and his estates to his eldest son, Thomas Legh.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ £20,000 would be approximately £2.15 million in 2019 "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1270 to Present". MeasuringWorth. 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Port, M.H. (1986). R. G. Thorne (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Vol. 2. History of Parliament Trust. ISBN 978-0-436-52101-0. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ British War Office (22 June 1797), List of the officers of the several regiments and corps of fencible cavalry and infantry: of the officers of the militia [etc.] (5 ed.), p. 17, retrieved 10 April 2020
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newton
1780 – 1797
With: Thomas Davenport, KC 1780 - 1786
Thomas Brooke 1786 - 1797 		Succeeded by