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    Earl of Dartmouth is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for William Legge, 2nd Baron Dartmouth. The Legge family descended...
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  • Thumbnail for William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth
    William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth FCA (born 23 September 1949), styled Viscount Lewisham from 1962 to 1997, is a British politician and hereditary...
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    William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, PC, FRS (20 June 1731 – 15 July 1801), styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman who...
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  • in 1958 and became the 9th Earl of Dartmouth in 1962. The couple had four children: William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (23 September 1949). He married...
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  • Gerald Humphry Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth FCA (26 April 1924 – 14 December 1997), styled Viscount Lewisham between 1958 and 1962, was a British peer...
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  • Spencer married Raine McCorquodale, the former wife of the 9th Earl of Dartmouth and daughter of Captain Alexander McCorquodale, a British Army officer...
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  • enable the use of the Charity School's unspent trust funds. Named for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth – an important supporter of Eleazar Wheelock's...
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    Howe v Earl of Dartmouth (1802) 7 Ves 137 is an English trusts law case. It laid down the rule of equity in relation to the duties of a trustee in relation...
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    William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (14 October 1672 – 15 December 1750), was Lord Privy Seal from 1713 to 1714. He was a Hanoverian Tory, supporting...
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  • 1711 for William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth, and demolished in 1928. The estate of Sandwell, formerly the property of Sandwell Priory, was owned from...
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    George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG, PC, FRS (3 October 1755 – 10 November 1810), styled Viscount Lewisham until 1801, was a British politician who...
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  • Dartmouth (Indianapolis, Indiana), a historic apartment building Earl of Dartmouth, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain HMS Dartmouth, a list of ships...
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  • Legge (category Surnames of English origin)
    of Dartmouth (1672–1750) William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731–1801) William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth (1784–1853) William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth...
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  • 8th Earl of Dartmouth, CVO, DSO, KPFSM (14 March 1888 – 16 October 1962) was a British peer and police officer. Legge was the youngest son of the William...
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    William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth, GCVO, KCB, VD, TD, PC, JP (6 May 1851 – 11 March 1936), styled Viscount Lewisham between 1853 and 1891,...
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    this part of Halifax Harbour. The community was later given the English name of Dartmouth in honour of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth, who was a...
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    comprises Dartmouth House was two separate residences, numbers 37 and 38 Charles Street. The first owner of number 37 was Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon...
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    Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford, died in 1745, when Frederick was thirteen. One of his stepbrothers was William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, who remained...
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    station is Gospel Oak. Dartmouth Park is named after the Earl of Dartmouth who bought the land in St Pancras parish in the middle of the 18th century, for...
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    4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792) was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich...
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  • Thumbnail for Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
    1st Marquess of Downshire, PC (30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793), known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough...
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  • Thumbnail for William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth
    William Walter Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth (12 August 1823 – 4 August 1891), styled Viscount Lewisham until 1853, was a British peer and Conservative...
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    Secretary of State for the American Department replacing Lord Dartmouth in the post. At that time, North's cabinet had three secretaries of state; one...
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    Farley and the Earl of Dartmouth; about 40,000 people attended, and the day was observed as a general holiday. The Earl of Dartmouth donated more land...
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  • Thumbnail for Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
    3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC (28 September 1735 – 14 March 1811), styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian...
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  • This is a list of the 189 present and extant earls in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does...
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    The Earl Talbot 1761–1782 The Earl of Carlisle 1782–1783 The Duke of Rutland 1783 The Earl of Dartmouth 1783 The Duke of Chandos 1783–1789 The Duke of Dorset...
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  • Lieutenant-Colonel William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth GCVO TD (22 February 1881 – 28 February 1958), styled Viscount Lewisham between 1891 and 1936...
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  • Thumbnail for Augusta Legge, Countess of Dartmouth
    She married William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth, on 9 June 1846. They had two sons, William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth (1851–1936), and the Honourable...
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    Richard Drax (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Dorset)
    Legge-Bourke, relations of the Earl of Dartmouth. They divorced in 1997. Drax married his second wife; Eliza, daughter of Commander James Dugdale in 1998...
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