| The Right Honourable George Anthony Legh Keck |
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| Member of Parliament for Leicestershire Leicester (1797-1831) |
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| Succeeded by | Charles March-Phillipps Thomas Paget |
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| Born | 1784 Stoughton, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 4th September 1860 Bank Hall, Bretherton, Lancashire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Legh Keck (nee Atherton) (1802-1837) |
| Relations | Anthony James Keck Leghs of Lyme |
| Children | None |
| Residence | Bank Hall, Bretherton |
| Occupation | Land Owner |
| Profession | British Army |
| Religion | Church of England |
Lt.Col. George Anthony Legh Keck was born in 1784 at Stoughton, Leicestershire and was the son of Anthony James Keck and his wife Elizabeth (née Legh).[1] George Anthony Legh Keck was a member of the Legh family that lived at Lyme Hall at Lyme Park, Cheshire. His wife Elizabeth from Atherton Hall in Atherton.[2] They inherited Bank Hall in Bretherton, Lancashire and vastly renovated the hall with help from the architect George Webster in 1832-33.
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Legh Keck Represented Leicester in five consecutive parliaments from 1797 to 1831.
1798–1801 Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet was joint Members of the Great Britain Parliament for Leicestershire with Legh Keck.
1801–1806 both again where joint Members of The United Kingdom Parliament for Leicestershire. Legh Keck can be seen in a portrait from 1851 wearing a 'broad topped' Shako that was topped by a twelve-inch white plume and held in place by bronze chin scales.[3] Lt.Col. George Anthony Legh Keck, Esquire was a member of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry from 1803 up until his death in 1860.[4] His title within the regiment was 'Colonel of Prince Albert's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry'.[5]
Legh Keck's Nephew was William Legh, 1st Baron Newton who was also a member of Parliament. (This was Legh Keck's Wife's Brother's Son.)
In 1802 Legh Keck married his cousin Elizabeth Atherton, a daughter of Robert Vernon Atherton of Atherton Hall, and Henrietta Maria Legh of Lyme Hall. In 1832 Legh Keck engaged architect George Webster to design extensions and renovate Bank Hall, his mansion house in Bretherton, Lancashire. Legh Keck attended St Mary's Church, Tarleton where he had box pews for himself and staff. Elizabeth died at Bank Hall in 1837. Legh Keck died aged 86 on the 4th September 1860 at Bank Hall and is buried at Stoughton Church.[6]
George Anthony and Elizabeth Legh Keck had no children, the Bank Hall Estates passed to Thomas Atherton Powys ("Lord Lilford III"). Thomas Atherton Powys (Lord Lilford V) inherited the estates after the death of his father (Lord Lilford III) in March 1861. The contents of Bank Hall were auctioned off in April 1861 to cover death duties.
Legh Keck collected stuffed animals and birds and sets of horns from many species of animals from all over the world. He owned a collection of classical style statuettes and casts of figures by the sculptor Antonio Canova. A large mural painted on the wall of the drawing room at Bank Hall, subject unknown was lost when the roof on the west wing collapsed in the 1980s.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by William Pochin George Anthony Legh-Keck |
Member of Parliament for Leicestershire 1798–1801 With: Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain |
Member of Parliament for Leicestershire 1806 – 1831 With: Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet 1798–1801 Lord Robert Manners 1806–1818, 1820–1831 |
Succeeded by Charles March-Phillipps Thomas Paget |