Peter Legh 1588-1636
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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.