Edward Legge, bishop of Oxford

(1767-1827)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Legge, Edward, 1767-1827 LBT ID: EdLegge1827 VIAF ID: 36345754 LOC ID: n2006051707	B/BAP: 1767-12-04 DIED: 1827-01-27
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (March 1827) 270; Virtual International Authority File; thepeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The son of the second earl of Dartmouth, he was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, was Dean of Windsor (1805), and bishop of Oxford (1816-27).
REFERENCES TO Edward Legge, bishop of Oxford: Lady Holland to Eleanor Creevey, [January? 1816] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XI. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 16 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XI: 1815-16