Legh Master
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Legh Master (c.1694–1750) of New Hall, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire. and Codnor Castle, Derbyshire, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1747.
Master was the eldest son of Sir Streynsham Master, governor of Madras from 1677 to 1681, and director of the East India Company, of Codnor Castle, Derbyshire and his second wife Elizabeth Legh, daughter of Richard Legh, M.P., of Lyme, Cheshire. He was educated at Isleworth school Middlesex, and was admitted at St John's College, Cambridge 23 June 1711.[1] He married Margaret Launder daughter of Thomas Launder of New Hall Ashton in Makerfield on. 26 April 1716. His wife Margaret died on 25 July 1733. He succeeded his father at Codnor Castle and Stanley Grange, Derbyshire in 1724.[2]