Sir Edward Leech was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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 between 1614 and 1625.

In 1614, Leech was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He was elected MP for Derby

Derby (UK Parliament constituency)

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 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.

Leech married firstly Jane Chaworth daughter of John Chaworth of Nottinghamshire and sister of George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth

George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth

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 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

Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet

Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and Royalist soldier.Born at South Wraxall, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the son of Sir Walter Long and Anne Ley , he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1634...

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