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Charles Legh Shuldham Cornwall-Legh, 5th Baron Grey of Codnor (1903–1996) (abeyance terminated 1989) [10] Richard Henry Cornwall-Legh, 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (b. 1936) The heir apparent is the present holder's son Richard Stephen Cayley Cornwall-Legh (b. 1976). The heir apparent's heir-in-line is his son Caspian Richard Cornwall-Legh (b. 2008)
He was born 5 January 1209 at Winchester Castle, the second son of John, King of England, and Isabella, Countess of Angoulême.He was made High Sheriff of Berkshire at age eight, was styled Count of Poitou from 1225 and in the same year, at the age of sixteen, his brother King Henry III gave him Cornwall as a birthday present, making him High Sheriff of Cornwall.
Richard Legh, 3rd Baron Newton (1888–1960) donated Lyme Park to The National Trust in 1946. [2] Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton (1915–1992) was also a politician. Richard Thomas Legh, 5th Baron Newton (born 11 January 1950) lives at Laughton Park in Sussex. [11] Hon. Piers Richard Legh (born 25 October 1979) is heir apparent to the Newton title.
Unusually this village was the seat of two ancient landed gentry families for generations, namely: Leigh of West Hall and Cornwall-Legh of East Hall.Both halls have now been demolished, but both families are still represented today, the head of the "West Hall" family being Sir Edward Leigh MP but no longer associated or living within the parish and that of the "East Hall" family being headed ...
The Leghs of Adlington were established by Robert de Leigh who inherited the lordship of the manor of Adlington from his mother Elena de Corona (née de Baguley). His father, John de Leigh, who was lord of the manor of Over Knutsford and seated at Norbury Booths, descended in the male line from the Venable family.
Sir Richard Cornwall (by 1480–1533) of Berrington, Herefordshire, was an English courtier and politician. He was the son of Sir Thomas Cornwall of Berrington, who ...
Mary Helena Cornwall Legh, (20 May 1857 – 18 December 1941) also known as ("Nellie" Cornwall Legh) was a British Anglican missionary, who late in life devoted herself to the welfare, education and medical care of leprosy patients in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Anchetil de Greye (c. 1052 – after 1086) is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the lord of six Oxfordshire manors. [2] His descendant Sir Henry de Grey was the first of the Anglo-Norman Grey family who became generals and acceded to parliament, and who were consecrated bishops, raised to the peerage, and married into royalty, as well as later distinguishing themselves in other professions.