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for auction "4th Earl of Dartmouth" William Legge Clipped Signature.
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William
Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth FRS, SA (29
November 1784 – 22 November 1853), styled The Honourable William Legge until 1801 and Viscount Lewisham between 1801
and 1810, was a British peer.
Dartmouth was the son of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, by
Lady Frances, daughter of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford. Heneage Legge and Arthur Legge were his younger
brothers. Dartmouth was returned to Parliament as
one of two representatives for Milborne Port at a by-election in
January 1810. However, in November of the same year he succeeded his father in
the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords.[4] He was
admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society on 7
November 1822. He was also a Fellow of the Society of
Antiquaries. Like his father before him, Dartmouth served as an
officer in the Staffordshire Militia, and was promoted to
command it with the rank of Colonel in
1812. He was still colonel of the regiment at the time of his death.