Anthony James Keck

The Right Honourable
 Anthony James Keck
Member of Parliament
for Leicester
Leicester
In office
1755–1756
Preceded by James Wigley
Succeeded by Eyre Coote
Member of Parliament
for Newton
Newton
In office
1768–1774
Preceded by Randle Wilbraham
Succeeded by Thomas Peter Legh
Personal details
Born Stoughton, Leicestershire, England
Died 28 February 1782
Lancashire
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Keck (nee Legh)
Children Peter Robert Anthony Keck (buried 11 January 1768)
Elizabeth Keck (buried on 5 February 1773)
Anthony Peter Beaumont Keck (buried on 14 March 1777),
Peers Anthony Keck (buried 12 March 1797),
George Anthony Legh Keck (died 4 September 1860)
Residence Stoughton Grange, Stoughton
Occupation Politician
Religion Church of England

Anthony James Keck was a politician in England.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicestershire from 1755 to 1756, also for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1768 to 1774. He lived at the since demolished Stoughton Grange until he moved to Lancashire in 1768 and died aged 42 years, on 28 February 1782, and is buried at St Mary and All Saints Church in Stoughton, Leicestershire.[1] along with numerous members of his family and descendants including his son (who was also a politician for Leicestershire),

Family

Anthony James Keck married Elizabeth Legh (the second daughter of Peter Legh of Lyme and Martha Bennet of Salthrop House), and by her had six children as follows:

Child Birth Death
Peter Robert Anthony Keck 1768 Died an infant, buried on 11 January 1768
Elizabeth Keck 1773 Died an infant, buried on 5 February 1773
Anthony Peter Beaumont Keck, 1777 Died an infant, buried on 14 March 1777
Peers Anthony Keck 1769 Died unmarried aged 28, buried on 12 March 1797
George Anthony Legh Keck 1774 Died 4 September 1860 at Bank Hall, Lancashire but was brought back to the family church for burial
? Elizabeth Keck ???? Unknown date of death, but known to have married Thomas Calley of Burderop in Chiseldon.[2]

There are marble plaques in remembrance for all the Keck family in the church of St Mary and All Saints in Stoughton.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Leicestershire Rural Partnership (2009), "Stoughton - Section J - Memorials inside the church", Ref No. J1, http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/stoughton/sectionj-insidethechurch.html
  2. ^ Parishes Wroughton, (1980) "A History of the County of Wiltshire", Volume 11: Downton hundred; Elstub and Everleigh hundred, pp. 235-252. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=115499 Date accessed: 01 March 2011.