Name Edward Leech | ||
Sir Edward Leech (1572–1652) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625.
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Biography
In 1614, Leech was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel. He was elected MP for Derby in 1621. He was of Cheshire when he was knighted by King James at Windsor on 9 September 1621 and about this time became Master in Chancery. He was re-elected MP for Derby in 1624 and in 1625. He owned property in Derbyshire at Chatsworth, Shipley and Belper.
Leech died in 1652 at the age of about 80.
Family
Great-grandfather of Edward Leech was John V Jankin de Leche of Carden (1403-1492 or 1422-1485), esq., Deputy Sheriff of Chester (1464), who owned moorlands in Carden, Clutton and Aldersy as the vassal of lords Stanley, earl of Chester. The Leech family is descended from a certain Jоhn Leche «Irlonde», the surgeon of Edward III. In 1377 John "Irlonde" Leche was granted a patent on the possession of the castle Warin (Warden) in Kildare in Ireland, and in 1386 the moorlands near Stretton, Farndon and Coddington by Edward III. Edward Leech married firstly Jane Chaworth daughter of John Chaworth of Nottinghamshire and sister of George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth and secondly Jane Lambert sister of Lord Lambert. His eldest son William, born in 1625 was of Shipley and his second son was admitted at Greys Inn in 1653. His daughter Dorothy married Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet.