George Anthony Legh Keck

Colonel George Anthony Legh Keck (15 July 1774 – 4 September 1860), sometimes spelled Legh-Keck, was a British military officer, Tory politician and landowner who sat in the House of Commons representing the parliamentary constituency of Leicestershire from 1797 to 1831.

George Anthony Legh Keck
Member of Parliament
for Leicestershire
Leicester (1797-1831)
Succeeded byCharles March-Phillipps
Thomas Paget
Personal details
Born15 July 1774
Stoughton, Leicestershire, England
Died4 September 1860 (aged 86)
Bank Hall, Bretherton, Lancashire, England
Political partyTory
SpouseElizabeth Atherton (m. 1802–1837)
RelationsAnthony James Keck, MP (father)
Sir Anthony Keck (great-grandfather)
Lord Lilford (brother-in-law)
Lord Newton (cousin) via the Leghs of Lyme
Residence(s)Stoughton Grange, Leicestershire, UK
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
OccupationLandowner
ProfessionArmy officer, politician
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