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William assumed the inherited title, the Earl of Dartmouth, in 1750, before his 20th birthday. Upon returning to England in 1755, he became a member of the House of Lords and began a 47-year term as the Vice President of London’s Foundling Hospital (1755-1802). That same year, William wed Frances Catherine Nicholls (1732/3-1805), an ...
13 de fev. de 2024 · William Richard Legge Obituary. With heavy hearts, we announce the death of William Richard Legge of Halifax, Nova Scotia, who passed away on January 30, 2024 at the age of 88. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of William Richard Legge to pay them a last tribute. He was predeceased by : his parents, Gordon Legge and ...
William Cowper and John Newton are the most famous residents of Olney, but William Legge, the 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, is probably the most significant non-resident figure in Olney history.. In 1755 he married Frances Nicholls daughter to Charles Gunter (or Gounter) Nicholls, who had been MP for Peterborough. The family fortunes had been founded ...
William Legge (MP for Portsmouth) (c.1650–c.1697), son of the above, British Member of Parliament for Portsmouth, 1685. William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (1672–1750), Lord Privy Seal. William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731–1801), British statesman, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1772–1775. William Legge, 4th Earl of ...
William Legge, the Second Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801), held a number of public offices, serving as a member of the House of Lords; the first president of the Board of Trade & Plantations; Secretary of State for the American Colonies; and as an appointee to the Privy Council, the private advisors to the Crown. As a member of the Board of Trade, a kind of clearinghouse for colonial complaints ...
William Legge, Lord Dartmouth. 20 June 1731 - 15 July 1801. William Legge, Lord Dartmouth, was born the younger son of Viscount Lewisham, and in 1750 succeeded his grandfather as Second Earl of Dartmouth. In 1754 he took up his seat in the House of Lords and was appointed President of the Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations in July 1765 ...
William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth FCA (born 23 September 1949), styled Viscount Lewisham from 1962 to 1997, is a British politician and hereditary peer, usually known as William Dartmouth.
