Thomas Peter Legh
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Thomas Peter Legh
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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. In 1794 he spent over £20,000 raising a regiment of fencible cavalry, The Lancashire Fencible Cavalry, to which he was appointed Colonel. 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
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British Member of Parliament
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