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LEEVES, Robert (c.1685-1743), of Steyning, Suss.

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b. c. 1685, s. of William Leeves of Tortington Place, Suss. by Anne Seymour of Halford, Dorset. m. Elizabeth, 4s.
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Main residence: Steyning, Suss.
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Commons 1715-1754
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LEEVES, Robert (c.1685-1743)

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Oxford 1644
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LEE, William (1688-1754), of Totteridge, Herts.

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b. 2 Aug. 1688, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bt., M.P., bro. of George, John and Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Bt.. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1704; M. Temple 1703, called 1710; I. Temple 1717, bencher 1725. m. (1) Anne (d. 1729), da. of John Goodwin of Bury St. Edmund’s, 1s.; (2) May 1733, Margaret, da. of Roger Drake, wid. of Francis Melmoth, merchant, s.p. Kntd. 8 June 1737.
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Recorder, Wycombe, 1718; Latin sec. to the King 1718 – 30; recorder, Buckingham 1722; K.C. 1728; serjeant-at-law 1730; attorney-gen. to Prince of Wales 1728 – 30; justice of King’s bench 1730, c.j. 1737; P.C. 21 July 1737; chancellor of the Exchequer ‘ad interim’ 1754.

Main residence: Totteridge, Herts.
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Commons 1715-1754
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LEE, William (1688-1754)

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Oxford 1644
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LEGGE, Hon. Edward (c.1710-47).

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b. c. 1710, 5th s. of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth, by Lady Anne Finch, da. of Heneage Finch, M.P., 1st Earl of Aylesford; bro. of George Legge, Visct. Lewisham, and Hon. Henry Legge. unm.
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Entered navy 1726, lt. 1734, capt. 1738.

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Commons 1715-1754
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LEGGE, Hon. Edward (c.1710-47)

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Oxford 1644
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LAWTON, John (c.1700-40), of Lawton, Cheshire.

Family and Education
b. c. 1700, 1st surv. s. of John Lawton, M.P., of Lawton by Lady Anne Montagu, da. of Hon. George Montagu, M.P., yr. s. of Henry Montagu, M.P., 1st Earl of Manchester. m. July 1733, Jane Cooper, wid.,Gent. Mag. 1733, p. 382. s.p. suc. fa. 1736.
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Chief clerk of the sureties of the excise 1723 – 34.

Main residence: Lawton, Cheshire.
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Commons 1715-1754
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LAWTON, John (c.1700-40)

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Oxford 1644
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