Anthony James Keck

Anthony James Keck
Member of Parliament
for Leicester
In office
1765–1768
Preceded byJames Wigley
Succeeded byEyre Coote
Member of Parliament
for Newton
In office
1768–1780
Preceded byRandle Wilbraham
Succeeded byThomas Peter Legh
Personal details
BornStoughton, Leicestershire, England
Died28 February 1782
Lancashire
Political partyTory
SpouseElizabeth Keck (née Legh)
ChildrenPeter Robert Anthony Keck (buried 11 January 1768)
Elizabeth Keck (buried on 5 February 1773)
Anthony Peter Beaumont Keck (buried on 14 March 1777),
Peers Anthony Keck (buried 12 March 1797),
George Anthony Legh Keck (died 4 September 1860)
Residence(s)Stoughton Grange, Stoughton
OccupationPolitician

Anthony James Keck (c1740 – 1782) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1780.

Keck was born in Stoughton, Leicestershire, and educated at Eton, St John's College, Cambridge,[1] and Lincoln's Inn.[2]

He was member of parliament (MP) for Leicester from 1765 to 1768, also for the rotten borough of Newton in Lancashire from 1768 to 1780. He lived at Stoughton Grange until he moved to Lancashire in 1768 and died aged 42 years, on 28 February 1782. He is buried at St Mary and All Saints Church in Stoughton.[3] along with numerous members of his family and descendants including his son, George Anthony Legh Keck (who was also MP for Leicestershire).

  1. ^ "Anthony James Keck (KK758AJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Brooke, John (1964). "Keck, Anthony James (?1740-82), of Stoughton Grange, nr. Leicester". In Namier, Sir Lewis; Brooke, John (eds.). The House of Commons 1754–1790. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Stoughton – Section J – Memorials inside the church". Leicestershire Villages. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016.