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Sir Peter LEGH or LEIGH or LEGHE 1588-1636

Biographical Note

Son of Sir Peter Legh, of Lyme Park, Cheshire, a long-established gentry family there (who were often called Peter, generation after generation). Matriculated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1580, but did not graduate; possibly entered Gray's Inn 1585. He held various local offices in Cheshire and was MP for Wigan/Cheshire between 1586 and 1601.

Books

Fragments of the early Legh library, of unknown original size, remain today at Lyme Park; correspondence of the late 16th and early 17th century refers to the obtaining of books, both by this Peter and by his son Francis Legh (1590-1643). Legh was noted for his interests in music, and heraldry.

Sources

History of Parliament.
Leghs of Lyme, Wikipedia.
Purcell, M., The English country house library, New Haven and London, 2017, p.80.

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-Fragments of the early Legh library, of unknown original size, remain today at Lyme Park; correspondence of the late 16th and early 17th century refers to the obtaining of books, both by this Peter and by his son [[family::Francis Legh]] (1590-1643). Leg was noted for his interests in [[subject::music]], and [[subject::heraldry]].
+Fragments of the early Legh library, of unknown original size, remain today at Lyme Park; correspondence of the late 16th and early 17th century refers to the obtaining of books, both by this Peter and by his son [[family::Francis Legh]] (1590-1643). Legh was noted for his interests in [[subject::music]], and [[subject::heraldry]].
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