He was descended from Thomas Keck (1617-1671) who was the elder brother of Sir Anthony Keck (1630-1695)(MP)
Sir Anthony Keck. His father was Anthony James Keck of Lincoln's Inn, son of Rev David James and Martha Keck, and his mother was Anne Busby of Beaumont, daughter of William Busby and Catherine Beaumont his wife. His father was a
sergeant-at-law, who worked with
Thomas Vernon.His father changed his surname to Keck in 1736 which enabled the family to use the Keck coat of arms. Anthony James Keck, married Elizabeth Legh (the second daughter of
Peter Legh of
Lyme Park and Martha Bennet of
Salthrop House), and by her had six children as follows: There are marble plaques in remembrance for all the Keck family in the church of St Mary and All Saints in Stoughton. The estates then passed to her surviving daughter Elizabeth Calley (née Keck). ==References==