Jerry (St Leger winner) Jerry (St Leger winner) Jerry (1821 – c. 1845) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1824. In a racing career which lasted from 1824 until 1827 he ran ten times and won five races. Unraced as a two-year-old, he was beaten on his first appearance in 1824 but then won the York St Leger and the XYZ Stakes at Newcastle before defeating twenty-two opponents in the St Leger at Doncaster. Jerry missed the entire 1825 season and showed little worthwhile form in 1826, but won twice as a six-year-old
Anthony St Leger (Master of the Rolls) Frances. Their son was knighted in 1627, and died in 1661. After Mary's death in 1603 he married Aphra Wotton, who outlived him by many years. Anthony St Leger (Master of the Rolls) Sir Anthony St Leger (the younger) (c.1535-1613) was an English-born judge in Ireland who held the office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland. There is some confusion about his parentage. It is often said that he was the third son of Sir Anthony St Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and his wife Agnes Warham. However, both Burke's Peerage, and Francis Elrington Ball in his definitive study