Sir Charles Thomas Legard, 15th Baronet, of Scampston Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire, died 4 February, 2025, aged 86.
He was born 26 October, 1938, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Digby Legard, 14th Baronet (1905-1984), by his wife the former Mary Helen L'Estrange Malone, and was educated at Eton.
He succeeded his father in the baronetcy, 1984. The title was created in 1660, for John Legard, a supporter of King Charles II and the Royalist cause.
Sir Charles was educated at Eton. He married 1stly, 24 November, 1962, Elizabeth, the only daughter of John Guthrie, of High House, East Ayton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, by whom he had issue, two sons, Christopher and Edward, and a daughter, Louise. He married 2ndly, in 1987, Caroline Weston.
The elder son, Christopher John Charles Legard (who was born 19 Apr, 1964), succeeds as 16th Baronet.
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