Background
Legh of Lyme Hall, Cheshire, was the grandson of Sir Peter Legh, Member of Parliament for Wigan in 1586 and 1589.
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Career
He died after fighting a duel. He was sent to a grammar school at Amersham, Buckinghamshire under Doctor Robert Challenor and then to Oriel College, Oxford, which he entered on 25 January 1638/39 aged sixteen. He was buried at Winwick, Cheshire.
Membership
In November 1640, Legh, aged about seventeen, was elected Member of Parliament for Newton in the Long Parliament.
