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Richard Cornwall Legh was born on 10 June 1818, and baptized on 12 June 1818 in Rostherne, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, son of George John Legh and Mary Blackburne. [1]
At the 1851 Census, he was a visitor in the house of his uncle, John Ireland Blackburne.[2]
On 3 June 1851, he was appointed assistant secretary to the government of Malta, and clerk to the council of government of that island. [3]
He married Thomasina Antonia Sedley, daughter of Frederick Sedley and Catarina Alessi of Malta on 28 June 1852 in Malta, and recorded in London.[4] They had children, including
- Sydney Cornwall Legh, born 31 October 1861 in Malta[5], graduated AB Harvard in the class 1904, and AB from Oxford in 1908,[6] died 12 April 1852 at Malvern, Worcestershire, a "retired schoolmaster," the last of the Leghs of High Legh, Cheshire.[7]
He died on 10 January 1876 at Valleta, Malta, leaving a relict, Thomasina Antonia Legh, as principal beneficiary of his will.[8]
Sources
- ↑ Baptism:
"Cheshire, England, Select Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933"
Original data: England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013, FHL Film Number: 1751560
Ancestry Record 60496 #1910589 (accessed 15 October 2025)
Richard Cornwall Legh baptism on 12 Jun 1818 (born 10 Jun 1818), son of George Legh & Mary, in Rostherne, Cheshire, England. - ↑
1851 Census:
"1851 England Census"
Class: HO107, Piece: 2193, Folio: 29, Page: 15, GSU roll: 87202, ED, institution, or vessel: 2, Household schedule number: 49
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8860 #13040632 (accessed 15 October 2025)
Richd Cornwll Legh (32) visitor in household of I Ireland Blackburne (67) in Hale in Prescot registration district in Lancashire, England. Born in High Legh, Cheshire, England. - ↑ Richard Cornwall Legh in Liverpool Mercury, (Merseyside, Liverpool Mercury, 3 June 1851) p. 3 Ancestry.com
- ↑ "Great Britain, Marriages, 1797-1988", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT85-7FM : 10 June 2020), Richard Cornwall Legh, 1852.
- ↑ "England and Wales, Census, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3YK4-96Z : Mon Jan 20 10:44:16 UTC 2025), Entry for Ann Harris and Eleanor F Harris, 1891.
- ↑
Roy Smith Wallace, secretary, Harvard University. Class of 1904; Harvard University. Class of 1904. Secretary's report
Cambridge, Mass, Harvard Alumni Association, 1919, pp. 5, 183
Internet Archive (accessed 15 October 2025) - ↑ "England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCF-5V1W : Sat Mar 01 02:47:04 UTC 2025), Entry for Sidney C Legh, 1953.
- ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJS-N2NP : Thu Mar 07 00:58:32 UTC 2024), Entry for Richard Cornwall Legh and Thomasina Antonia Legh, 13 May 1876.