Thomas Wodehouse Legh, Esq. son & heir apparent of William John Legh, esquire the head of the house of Lyme; ...
Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton (1857-1942)
Category
Books
Date
1878
Materials
Place of origin
Lyme Park
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3230040
Summary
Full description
Gift to Thomas Wodehouse Legh on coming of age from the Tenant of his Cheshire and Lancashire Estates. A formal message of congratulations, deferential respect to his rank and biographical details (both of T W Legh and the family history of both Wodehouse and Legh families). Separate book inserted into back page is signed in ink by a collection of people, separated into sections of the estate/area in which they reside.
Bibliographic description
[8, 17] leaves ; 33 cm. Provenance: indigenous. [Presentation to Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)]. Binding: nineteenth-century green morocco on mounted, bevelled boards, with Legh family armorial inlay, lettered "Lyme Park August 27th 1878"; raised gilt frame, with red and black painted ornament; double gilt fillets to spine.
Makers and roles
Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton (1857-1942) Lyme Park Estate. Tenants