William Legge, second earl of Dartmouth

(1731-1801)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Legge, William (1731-1801) 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, statesman DNB: Legge, William, second earl of Dartmouth (1731–1801), politician LBT ID: LdDartm2	B/BAP: 1731-06-20 DIED: 1801-07-15
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
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.
REFERENCES TO William Legge, second earl of Dartmouth: 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. VI. 1771 Found 1: ¶ n1 Ch. IX. 1776-1777 Found 1: ¶ 4 Ch. XXVII. 1801-1803 Found 1: ¶ 12 Ch XXII. Found 1: ¶ 27