St Leger Family
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- For the horse race of the same name see St. Leger Stakes.
- For the Saint of this name see Leodegar.
The St. Leger (pronounced Saint Ledger) family is an old Anglo-Irish family with Norman roots, whose name has appeared a few times in history.
The family can trace it origin back to Robertus de Villapari vel. de Sancto Leodegario (also known as Sir Robert de Saint Leger), reputedly a Norman Knight who arrived in Britain as part of the Norman conquest of 1066.
Sir Robert / Roberto had stammata / stigmata , bleeding wounds as Christ and so was considered especially holly. See Roberto stammata
The name can be spelt St. Leger or St. Ledger, or the St. can be dropped altogether. "St." is an abbreviation of Saint, and the whole name is an anglicized version of "de Sancto Leodegario". Branches of the family have dropped the Saint part of the name, some partly for religious reasons during the reformation as the name is perceived as strongly Catholic.
[edit] St Legers in history
St Legers of notable historical interest include:
- Anthony St. Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland) - (1496–1559)
- Sir John St. Leger of Annery (knight, and land owner) - (1515(1525)–1593)
- Sir William St. Leger - (1586–1642)
- Anthony St. Leger (soldier, British MP and founder of the St. Leger Stakes) - (1731–1786)
- Colonel Barry St. Leger (British Colonel involved in the United States Revolutionary War) - (1737–1789)
- Moya St. Leger (journalist, author, and president of the Connolly Association[1]) - (b. 1938)
- Dr Anthony St. Leger (epidemiologist) - (b. 1945)
- Elizabeth St Leger first lady mason
[edit] References
For more information on the St Leger family, see also:
- "St. Leger The Family and the Race" by Moya Frenz St. Leger, 1986 ISBN 0-85033-588-4
Moya Frenz St Leger reverted to her maiden name "Moya St Leger" 12 years ago.
"St Leger the Family and the Race" first published by Phillimore in 1986 was reprinted in 2004.
