Sir John Legard, 1st Baronet

Sir John Legard, 1st Baronet (1631 – 1 July 1678), of Ganton in Yorkshire, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.

1606) and was made a baronet in 1660 by King Charles II for his family's support for the Royalist cause.

He was elected to Parliament in 1660 as member for Scarborough, though he only represented the borough for a few months.

In 1655 he had married Grace Darcy (d. 1658), daughter of The Earl of Holderness.

They had one child Grace, who married John Hill of Thornton.