William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth
Victoria | |
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| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Viscount Kilcoursie |
| Succeeded by | Lord Burghley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 May 1851 Westminster, London |
| Died | 11 March 1936 (aged 84) Patshull Hall, Staffordshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Lady Mary Coke
(m. 1879; died 1929) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth,
Background and education
Born at
He played first-class cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1877,[5] and was a county cricketer for Shropshire between 1869 and 1871, and for Staffordshire.[6] He became one of the first vice-presidents of the Kent County Football Association in 1884.
Political career
Legge entered Parliament in 1878 as Member of Parliament for
In October of the same year he was also appointed Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (succeeding his father),[12] which he remained until 1927.[1] He was also an Alderman of the Staffordshire County Council and a justice of the peace for both Staffordshire and Shropshire.[1] In July 1901 he was appointed an additional member of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.[13]
Lord Dartmouth was honorary Colonel of the 5th volunteer battalion of the
Family
Lord Dartmouth married Lady Mary, fourth daughter of the Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, on 18 December 1879. They had five children:
- William Legge, Viscount Lewisham (1881–1958), later 7th Earl of Dartmouth.
- The Hon. Captain Gerald Legge (1882–1915), killed during the ornithologist.[16]
- Lady Dorothy Legge OBE (1883–1974), Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire, married Colonel Francis Meynell (grandson of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax).
- The Hon. Humphry Legge (1888–1962), later 8th Earl of Dartmouth.
- botanist, died in India.
The Countess of Dartmouth, who was made a CBE in 1920, died in December 1929.[1] Lord Dartmouth survived her by seven years and died at Patshull Hall, Staffordshire,[5] in March 1936, aged 84. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, William.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "No. 23382". The London Gazette. 22 May 1868. p. 2931.
- ^ "No. 24123". The London Gazette. 18 August 1874. p. 4074.
- ^ "No. 25424". The London Gazette. 19 December 1884. p. 5874.
- ^ a b "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Keighley to Kilkenny[usurped]
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Leicester to Lichfield[usurped]
- ^ "No. 25485". The London Gazette. 30 June 1885. p. 2987.
- ^ "No. 25485". The London Gazette. 30 June 1885. p. 3000.
- ^ "No. 25615". The London Gazette. 10 August 1886. p. 3853.
- ^ "No. 26216". The London Gazette. 23 October 1891. p. 5523.
- ^ "No. 27340". The London Gazette. 2 August 1901. p. 5125.
- ^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. 1934. p. 538.
- ^ "Casualty". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
- ^ "British Ornithologists in the Roll of Honour" (PDF).
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