LBT ID: ThClaugh1842 | B/BAP: 1774 DIED: 1842-03-08 |
SOURCES: DNB ["Thomas Legh Claughton"]; Gentleman's Magazine (April 1842) 452 | |
Educated at Rugby, he was a Warrington solicitor and MP for Newton, Lancashire (1818-25)
who agreed to purchase Newstead Abbey in 1812 and then paid the forfeit. He was the father
of Thomas Legh Claughton (1808-1892), bishop of St Albans. | |