He was a descendant of Rowland Leigh, eldest son of the aforementioned Sir Thomas Leigh (d. 1571), himself of a cadet branch of the Leighs of West Hall, High Legh.
The member of an old Cheshire family, Legh was the eldest son of George John Legh, of High Legh, and Mary, daughter of John Blackburne.
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