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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).