LEGGE, William (1672-1750) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 14 Oct. 1672, s. and h. George Legge, later Bar. Dartmouth (1648-91) and Barbara (d. 28 Jan. 1718), da. and h. of Sir Henry Archbold of Abbots Bromley, Staffs. educ. St Paul’s 1684; CSP Dom. 1684-5, p. 248. Westminster; King’s, Camb. 1688, MA 1689; travelled abroad (Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy) 1693-5. Staffs. RO, D(W) 1778/V/771. m. 18 July 1700, with £8,000, Anne (d. 30 Nov. 1751), da. Heneage Finch, later Bar. Guernsey and earl of Aylesford, 6s. (4 d.v.p.), 2 da. (1 d.v.p.). Levens Hall, Bagot mss, Weymouth to J. Grahme, 21 July 1700; Collins, Peerage (1812), iv. 120-2. d. 15 Dec. 1750; will 22 Jan. 1748; pr. 4 Jan. 1751. TNA, PROB 11/785.

Offices Held

PC 23 June 1702 – Sept. 1714; commr. Bd. of Trade, 1702 – 10; sec. of state (S) 1710 – 13; jt. kpr. of signet [S] 1710–13; Add. 70256, J. Scrope to Oxford, 7 July 1711. ld. privy seal Aug. 1713 – Sept. 1714; ld. justice Aug- Sept. 1714.

High steward, Dartmouth 1710–d.; Staffs. RO, D742/Y/3/1. gov. Charterhouse 1713–d. G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 355.

Parlimentarian

LEGGE, William (1672-1750)

Associated with: Queens Sq., Westminster;London Top. Rec. xxix, 54; London Jnl. xviii. 27.; Sandwell, Staffs.

Likenesses

oils on canvas attrib. to Sir G. Kneller, c.1713, Government Art Collection.

Author

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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