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ID: 8150
Name: Charles Peter Leignes (M)
Date of Birth: *27-Jul-1729 Date Deceased: 1813  Age at Death: 84
Location: London, UK Location: London, England
Parents
Father: 8146 Jean (John) Leignes (b: ca.1700)
Mother: 8147 Marie Anne Neutte (b: ca.1700)
Spouses / Partners
8152 Louise Belliard (b: ca. 1740) Date Married: 23-Dec-1759, Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England
Children
IDNameGenderBirth DateBirth PlaceDeceasedAgeLocationLiving
8321Magdalen Louisa LeignesF*31 AUG 1761London, UK0
8322John Charles LeignesM*20-Mar-1763London, UK1800370
Notes
*christening date, Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England.</ br>

Clockmaker. In 1741 apprenticed to a William King in London. Member of Clockmaking Company from 1749 to 1794.
Two of his watches are being kept in London museum.

Address in 1775 reported as 30 Northumberland Street. In 1810 admitted to the St Pancras poorhouse as "Charles Pierre Leignes, member de l`eglise helvetique", unable to work on account of his age.
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Information as per the "Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800", by Neil Jeffares. http://www.pastellists.com/articles/Leignes.pdf
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