William Legge, second earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801)
The son of George Legge, Viscount Lewisham, he was educated at Westminster and Trinity
College, Oxford, succeeded to the earldom in 1750, pursued a political career, and
patronised the poet William Cowper.
The son of George Legge, Viscount Lewisham, he was educated at Westminster and Trinity
College, Oxford, succeeded to the earldom in 1750, pursued a political career, and
patronised the poet William Cowper.