Leghs of Lyme, family who owned Lyme Park in Cheshire, England, from 1398 to 1946, when the house and estate were given to the National Trust
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Leghs of Adlington, Cheshire family dating back to 1315 who lived in Adlington Hall, a manor house in the Borough of Cheshire East
Elizabeth Legh re-married after the death of Anthony James Keck to William Bathurst Pye-Bennet and inherited the Broad Hinton estate (from the new marriage) and Salthrop estate (from her mother Martha Legh (née Bennet)) as well as the estates belonging to Norborne Family of Bremhill, Wiltshire.
The seat of the Legh (pronounced "Lee") family was Lyme Park near Disley in Cheshire.
It was the seat of the Pigot family until 1746, when it was bought by Charles Legh of Adlington.
In 1709 a later John Glanville sold the manor to Thomas Bennet, from whom it descended via the female line through the Legh, Keck and Calley families.
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.
Robert de Legh, the second in succession, was one of the Black Prince's Esquires.
Sir Piers Legh II (died 16 June 1422), also known as Sir Piers de Legh and Peers Legh, was the second generation of the Leghs of Lyme.
the King's Coffee House and Gaskell Memorial Tower, is located in the centre of the town, and his series of more eccentric houses stretch along Legh Road, to the southeast of the town.
Their daughter Elizabeth Legh married Anthony James Keck, and secondly William Bathhurst Pye who later adopted the name Bennet.
They had a son Anthony James Keck who became a politician and married Elizabeth Legh (daughter of Peter Legh of Lyme).