Background
The second son of the Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton and Evelyn Caroline Bromley Davenport, Legh was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst before commissioning into the Grenadier Guards.
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Piers Legh
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Piers "Joey" Walter Legh Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Chipotle Mexican Grill International Commission on Illumination Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire was a British Army officer and a member of the Royal Household.
Education
Eton College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
He was a military secretary in the First World War, during which he was mentioned in despatches. In 1919, he became an equerry to The Prince of Wales until 1936 and then to King George VI from 1937-1946 (and also an extra equerry from 1946-1955). In 1941, he became Master of the Household, a post he held until his retirement in 1953.
Alfred Shaughnessy and they had one daughter, Diana Evelyn Legh (b 1924), who was the first wife of John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley.
He was a Justice of the Peace in London and Berkshire.
