Private Life
As a man St. Leger seems to have been quarrelsome and unpopular : certainly he was on very bad terms with other leading figures in the Dublin administration, particularly John Alan, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and George Browne, the Archbishop of Dublin. Following complaints by St. Leger, Alan was removed from office and although he was later reinstated the two men found it impossible to work together. The Archbishop accused St. Leger of treasonable words, giving Alan as his source, but the charge came to nothing when Alan, perhaps surprisingly, refused to confirm the report.
By his wife Agnes, daughter of Hugh Warham, a niece of Archbishop William Warham he had at least five sons and two daughters.
- William St Leger. He died before his father and was himself father to Sir Warham St Leger (d. 1600) and grandfather to William St Leger (d. 1642), president of Munster.
- Warham St Leger.
- Anthony St Leger,who became Master of the Rolls in Ireland in 1593.
He was granted possession of Leeds Castle in 1552.
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