The Conservative MP for Stafford, Jeremy Lefroy said he hoped the administrators would "put patients first".

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But Dr Norman believes that after Mr Lefroy returned to Ireland she was introduced to Samuel Blackall, a young clergyman, in 1798.

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Conservative MP for the area Jeremy Lefroy said it was important the report was implemented in full, for the sake of victims and their families.

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Stafford Conservative MP Jeremy Lefroy, who chaired the meeting at the Elim Christian Centre in Stafford, said he planned to meet the Prime Minister to discuss people's concerns.

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Jane Austen is thought to have had a relationship with Thomas Lefroy, who may have been the inspiration for the character of Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, when she was 21.

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