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Paternal Family Tree: Legh
Around 1793 Thomas Legh was born illegitimately to Colonel Thomas Peter Legh (age 40).
On 7th August 1797 [his father] Colonel Thomas Peter Legh (age 44) died unmarried. He was buried at St Oswald's Church, Winwick [Map]. He left three illegitimate sons and four illegitimate daughters by seven different ladies. Thomas Legh (age 4) inherited Lyme Hall, Cheshire [Map].
In 1812, after leaving Brasenose College, Oxford University, Thomas Legh (age 19) travelled to Egypt where he stayed until 1813 after which he wrote an account of his travels in 1816: Narrative of a Journey in Egypt and the Country beyond the Cataracts.
On 16th April 1814 Thomas Legh (age 21) was elected MP Newton which seat he held until 1832 when the seat was abolished.
On 14th January 1828 Thomas Legh (age 35) and Ellen Turner (age 16) were married.
On 20th February 1830 [his daughter] Ellen Jane Legh was born to Thomas Legh (age 37) and Ellen Turner (age 19).
On 3rd October 1843 Thomas Legh (age 50) and Maud Lowther were married.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 22nd January 1847 [his son-in-law] Reverend Brabazon Lowther (age 35) and [his daughter] Ellen Jane Legh (age 16) were married. He her step-uncle ie brother of her step-mother Maud Lowther who had married her father Thomas Legh (age 54) on 3rd October 1843.
On 8th May 1857 Thomas Legh (age 64) died at Milford Lodge, Lymington. His nephew William John Legh 1st Baron Newton (age 28) inherited his estates including Lyme Hall, Cheshire [Map].
Narrative of a Journey in Egypt and the Country beyond the Cataracts by Thomas Legh Esq. M.P.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 18 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Leigh IX 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend Thomas Legh 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Gerard
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Legh 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Legh 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Kempe
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Chicheley
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Russell
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gerard
GrandFather: Reverend Ashburnham Legh 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Fleetwood of Bank Hall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Fleetwood
Father: Colonel Thomas Peter Legh 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roland Egerton 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton 2nd Baronet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Grey Lady Egerton and Oulton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Holland Egerton 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Charlotte Elizabeth Egerton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cave of Croft Castle 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cave 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Croft
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Cave 2nd Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wenman 2nd Viscount Wenman 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Penelope Wenman Lady Cave 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Cave 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bromley
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Bromley Lady Cave
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leigh 1st Baron Leigh
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Leigh
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Egerton Baroness Leigh
Thomas Legh 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England