Family and Education
b. 29 May 1708, 4th s. of William, 1st Earl of Dartmouth, by Lady Anne Finch, da. of Heneage, 1st Earl of Aylesford. educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1726. m. 29 Aug. 1750, Hon. Mary Stawell, da. and h. of Edward, 4th Baron Stawell; she was; cr. Baroness Stawell 21 May 1760, 1s. suc. to Mapledurham under the will of Leonard Bilson and took name of Bilson before Legge 1754.
Offices Held
Sec. to Sir Robert Walpole c. 1735 – 39, to the ld. lt. [I] 1739 – 41, to Treasury Apr. 1741 – July 1742; surveyor of woods and forests south of the Trent July 1742 – Apr. 1745; ld. of Admiralty Apr. 1745 – June 1746, of Treasury June 1746 – Apr. 1749; envoy to Prussia Feb. – Nov. 1748; P.C. 28 June 1749; treasurer of the navy Apr. 1749 – Apr. 1754; chancellor of the Exchequer Apr. 1754 – Nov. 1755, Nov. 1756 – Apr. 1757, July 1757-Mar. 1761.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Mapledurham, Hants.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
LEGGE, Hon. Henry (1708-64)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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