Colonel Thomas Legh, Thomas Legh of Adlington, High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1628–29 and 1642–43
Dates: died 1644
Biography
Cheshire landholder and Royalist commander during the English Civil War. He held and defended Adlington Hall before his death in 1644.
Notes / Sources
The source states that his eldest son Thomas was heir and was a prisoner during the later stages of the war.
Research sources:
- James Croston, Nooks and Corners of Lancashire and Cheshire, section on Adlington and the Legh family. — https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51191/51191-h/51191-h.htm
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