Family and Education
b. 29 May 1708, 4th s. of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth; bro. of Hon. Edward Legge and George Legge, Visct. Lewisham. educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1726. m. 29 Aug. 1750, Mary Stawell, cr. Baroness Stawell 21 May 1760, da. and h. of Edward, 4th Baron Stawell, 1s. suc. to Mapledurham under the will of Leonard Bilson taking the 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 1741 – 42; surveyor of woods and forests north and south of the Trent 1742 – 45; ld. of Admiralty 1745 – 46, of Treasury 1746 – 49; envoy to Prussia Feb. – Nov. 1748; P.C. 28 June 1749; treasurer of the navy 1749 – 54; chancellor of the Exchequer Apr. 1754 – Nov. 1755, Nov. 1756 – Apr. 1757, July 1757-Mar. 1761.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Mapledurham, Hants.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
LEGGE, Hon. Henry (1706-64)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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