A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
. Estates.—In Somersetshire. Scat—Ditcheat House. LEIR, OR LEAR, OF JAGGARDS HOUSE. LEIR, THOMAS-MACIE, esq. of Jaggards House, in the county of Wilts, b. 19thNovember, 1795, succeeded to the representation of the Somersetshire branch of thefamily, upon the demise of his father, Thomas Leir, esq.… … This family originally of German descent,deriving (it is said) its patronymic from thetown of Leer, on the Ems in Westphalia,has been seated many centuries in the countyof Devon. Sir Peter Lear, its chief, wascreated a baronet in the year 1660, andpossessed very extensive property and ma-nors. He…
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