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]
^ abcdPort, 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.
^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
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