Anthony James Keck was a politician in England

England

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He was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Leicestershire

Leicestershire

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 from 1755 to 1756, also for the rotten borough

Rotten borough

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 of Newton

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 in Lancashire

Lancashire

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 from 1768 to 1774. He lived at the since demolished Stoughton Grange until he moved to Lancashire in 1768 and died aged 42 years, on 28 February 1782, and is buried at St Mary and All Saints Church in Stoughton

Stoughton

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, Leicestershire. along with numerous members of his family and descendants including his son (who was also a politician for Leicestershire),

Family

Anthony James Keck married Elizabeth Legh (the second daughter of Peter Legh of Lyme

Leghs of Lyme

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 and Martha Bennet of Salthrop House

Salthrop House

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), and by her had six children as follows:

Child	Birth	Death
Peter Robert Anthony Keck	1768	Died an infant, buried on 11 January 1768
Elizabeth Keck	1773	Died an infant, buried on 5 February 1773
Anthony Peter Beaumont Keck,	1777	Died an infant, buried on 14 March 1777
Peers Anthony Keck	1769	Died unmarried aged 28, buried on 12 March 1797
George Anthony Legh Keck George Anthony Legh Keck Lt.Col. George Anthony Legh Keck was born in 1784 at Stoughton, Leicestershire and was the son of Anthony James Keck and his wife Elizabeth . George Anthony Legh Keck was a member of the Legh family that lived at Lyme Hall at Lyme Park, Cheshire. His wife Elizabeth from Atherton Hall in Atherton...	1774	Died 4 September 1860 at Bank Hall Bank Hall Bank Hall is a Jacobean mansion south of the village of Bretherton in Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* Listed Building. The hall was built on the site of a previous building in 1608 during the reign of James I by the Banastre family who were Lords of the Manor. It was extended during the 18th... , Lancashire but was brought back to the family church for burial
? Elizabeth Keck	????	Unknown date of death, but known to have married Thomas Calley of Burderop in Chiseldon.

There are marble plaques in remembrance for all the Keck family in the church of St Mary and All Saints in Stoughton.