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Family and Education
b. 1648, 1st s. of Col. William Legge‡ and Elizabeth (d. 14 Dec. 1688), da. and coh. of Sir William Washington of Packington, Leics; bro of William Legge‡. educ. Westminster, King’s Camb. 1664; L. Inn 1672. L. Inn Reg. 313. m. 17 Sept. 1667, Warws. CRO, DRB2/2 Sutton Coldfield. Barbara (d. 28 Jan. 1718), da. and h. of Sir Henry Archbold of Abbots Bromley, Staffs. 1s. 7da. d. 25 Oct. 1691. suc. fa. 14 Oct. 1670. admon. 21 Nov., 1 Dec. 1691.
Offices Held

Groom of bedchamber to James Stuart, duke of York 1668 – 73; gent. of bedchamber 1673 – 75; master of the horse to James, duke of York, 1675 – 85, as James II, 1685 – Dec. 1688; lt. of Ordnance, Apr. 1679–81, master Jan. 1682-Apr. 1689; H. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 223–4. PC 3 Mar. 1682 – 14 Feb. 1689.

Lt. RN 1665, capt. 1667, 1672 – 73; adm. 1683 – 84; adm. and commander of the fleet, Sept. 1688–9; capt. of ft. 1669 – 78; col. 1678 – 79, 1685–9 (R. Fusiliers); gen. of artillery (Spanish Netherlands) May 1678.

Kpr. Alice Holt and Woolmer forests, Hants 1670 – d.; lt. gov. Portsmouth 1672 – 73, gov. 1673 – 82; dep. lt. Hants 1684 Staffs. RO, D742/Y/2/15.-9; ld. lt. Tower Hamlets and constable of the Tower June 1685 – Apr. 1689; master Trinity House 1683 – 85, elder bro. 1683 – d.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1672, 1682, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1682; burgess and gild bro., Edinburgh 1682; Staffs. RO, D742/Y/2/11. high steward, Kingston-upon-Thames 1685 – 89, Dartmouth 1687; Staffs. RO, D742/Y/2/25. recorder, Lichfield Mar. 1686-Oct. 1688; Staffs. RO, D742/Y/2/17; Longleat, Bath mss, Thynne pprs. 22, f. 123. common councilman, Berwick-on-Tweed 1686-Oct. 1688; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 231. master, Shipwrights’ Co. of Rotherhithe, Surr. 1686–7. CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 21.

Parlimentarian
LEGGE, George (c.1647-91), of Pall Mall, Westminster.
Likenesses

oil on canvas, after John Riley, c.1685-90, NPG 664.

Author
Creighton, Anne
Handley, Stuart
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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