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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.
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