Richard William Davenport Legh, 3rd Baron Newton DL, JP (18 November 1888 – 11 June 1960) was a

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in the

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Life

Legh was the son of the

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politician

Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (18 March 1857 – 21 March 1942) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British diplomat and Conservative Party (UK), Con ...

PC, DL His grandfather,

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, was a British

politician who was raised to the peerage as Baron Newton, of Newton-in-Makerfield in the

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. Newton was educated at

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and

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. He was an

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for the

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then

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. He served during the

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with the

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. Later he was Honorary Colonel of the 7th Battalion,

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. During the

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he served at the

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. In 1914, he married Helen Meysey-Thompson (d. 1958), 2nd daughter of the 1st Baron Knaresborough: they had three sons, including

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who succeeded to his father's title. His wife died in 1958.

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1888 births 1960 deaths Lancashire Hussars officers British Army personnel of World War I Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People from Cheshire Deputy lieutenants English justices of the peace Territorial Force officers War Office personnel in World War II {{UK-baron-stub