William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth [SEP] position held
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (14 October 1672 – 15 December 1750) was Lord Privy Seal from 1713 to 1714.
Life.
The only son of George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, he was educated as a town-boy at Westminster School. He subsequently went to King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1689. He succeeded to his father's barony in 1691.
In 1702, he was appointed a member of the Board of
Barons Dartmouth (1682).
- George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth (1647–1691)
- William Legge, 2nd Baron Dartmouth (1672–1750) (created Earl of Dartmouth in 1711)
Earls of Dartmouth (1711).
- William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (1672–1750)
- William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731–1801)
- George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth (1755–1810)
- William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth (1784–1853)
- William Walter Legge, 5th Earl