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LEHEUP, HENRY, only son of Michael Leheup, London, Secretary to Lord Chancellor, and his second wife Anne Magdalen Piercy de Cambes, St. Marylebone, Middlesex; bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 25 Jun 1740 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 30 Jan 1759, retd. 23 Dec 1761; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; LLB 1769; ordained; Rector of Hersett and Pakenham, Suffolk, from 1776; d. unm. Feb 1778.

LEGH, PETER, brother of Fleetwood Legh (qv); b. 6 Jan 1707/8; adm. Oct 1721; KS 1724; left 1727; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 7 Oct 1727, matr. 1727; inherited estates of his uncle Peter Legh at Lyme, Cheshire, and Newton, Lancs., 1744; MP Newton 15 Dec 1743-74; m. 20 Dec 1737 Martha, dau. of Thomas Benett, Salthrop, Wilts.; d. 20 May 1792.

LEGH, FLEETWOOD, eldest son of Thomas Legh MP, Holton Moss, Lancs., and Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Fleetwood, Bank, Lancs.; b. 11 Jan 1701/2; in under school list 1715; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 May 1721; of Bank, Lancs.; m. 24 Nov 1723 Meriel, only dau. of Sir Francis Leicester, Bart., MP; d. 21 Jan 1725/6.

LEGGET, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-8.

LEGGE, WILLIAM, brother of George Augustus Legge (qv); b. 29 Jul 1802; adm. Mich. 1814; Min. Can. 1816; KS (Capt. ) 1817; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1821, matr. 2 Jun 1821, Westminster Student; BA 1825; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1825, priest (Hereford) 1826; Rector of Ashtead, Surrey, from 27 Sep 1826; d. 6 Nov 1872.

LEGGE, WILLIAM, 1st EARL OF DARTMOUTH, only son of George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth (qv); b. 14 Oct 1672; at school under Busby; at the School when Bishop Sprat read the Declaration of Indulgence in the Abbey 20 May 1688 (Burnet, History of his own Time, 1840, i, 468, note); King’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1688, matr. 1688; MA 1689; succ. father as 2nd Baron Dartmouth 25 Oct 1691; a Commissioner of Trade and Foreign Plantations 14 Jun 1702 – Jul 1710; Privy Councillor 18 Jun 1702-14; Secretary of State, Southern Department 15 Jun 1710 – Aug 1713; created Earl of Dartmouth 5 Sep 1711; Lord Keeper of Privy Seal Aug 1713 – Sep 1714; a moderate Tory, of good ability and high character, and a staunch supporter of the Hanoverian succession; m. Jul 1700 Lady Anne Finch, third dau. of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford (qv); d. 15 Dec 1750. DNB.

LEGGE, WILLIAM. 2ND EARL OF DARTMOUTH, younger son of George Legge, Viscount Lewisham MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Arthur Kaye, Bart., MP; grandson of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 20 Jun 1731; adm. Mar 1741/2 (Morel's); left 1748; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1749; MA 21 Mar 1750/1; DCL 28 Apr 1756; succ. grandfather as 2nd Earl of Dartmouth 15 Dec 1750; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1752-4; took seat, House of Lords 31 May 1754; President, Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations 19 Jul 1765 – Jul 1766, 31 Aug 1772 – Nov 1775; Privy Councillor 26 Jul 1775; Secretary of State for the Colonies 27 Aug 1772 – Nov 1775; Lord Privy Seal 4 Nov 1775 – Mar 1782; Lord Steward of the Household 11 Apr – Dec 1783; High Steward, Oxford Univ., from 1786; FRS 7 Nov 1754; FSA 1754; DL Yorkshire West Riding 1757; Busby Trustee 10 Apr 1766; an amiable and pious man, but without any obvious administrative capacity; known as the “Psalm-singer”, and referred to by his schoolfellow William Cowper (qv) as “one who wears a coronet and prays”; m. 11 Jul 1755 Frances Catherine, only dau. of Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll (qv); d. 15 Jul 1801. DNB.

LEGGE, GEORGE, 1ST BARON DARTMOUTH, eldest son of William Legge, Lieut. -Gen. of the Ordnance and Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir William Washington, Packington, Leics.; b. 1648; at school under Busby (HMC xi, app. v, iv); King’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner Lent 1664; served with his cousin, Sir Edward Spragge, as volunteer and Lieut., Royal Navy, in second Dutch war 1665-7; Capt., 1667; took part in battle of Solebay 28 May 1672; Page of Honour to Charles II 11 Nov 1668 – Jun 1678, Extra Groom of the Bedchamber 12 Apr 1676 – 6 Feb 1685; MP Ludgershall Feb 1672/3-9, Portsmouth 1679-81; Groom of the Bedchamber and subsequently Master of the Horse to James, Duke of York (the future James II); Lieut. -Governor, Portsmouth 1670-82; Lieut. -Gen. of the Ordnance 22 Apr 1679 (under reversionary grant of 7 Dec 1672) – Jan 1682, Master-Gen. 28 Jan 1681/2 – Apr 1689; commanded forces at Nieuwpoort, Flanders, with rank of Col. in the Army, 1678; Privy Councillor 3 Mar 1681/2; created Baron Dartmouth 2 Dec 1682; Master of Trinity House 11 Jun 1683-5; commanded Tangier expedition 1683-4; Master of the Horse 13 Apr 1685 – Dec 1688; Constable of the Tower 1685-9; Lord Lieut., Tower Hamlets 29 Jun 1685 – 8 Apr 1689; appointed by James II as Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet 2 Oct 1688, with instructions to prevent Dutch ships from approaching British coasts; dismissed by William III 10 Jan 1688/9; committed to Tower of London for conspiring against William III Jul 1691; m. Barbara, dau. of Sir Henry Archbold LLD, Registrar and Chancellor to Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; d. in Tower of London of a fit of apoplexy 25 Oct 1691. DNB.

LEGGE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Hon. and Rev. Augustus George Legge FSA, Chancellor of Winchester, and Honora, eldest dau. of Walter Bagot (qv); grandson of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 8 Jul 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1816; left 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Apr 1820, Canoneer Student 1821-5; BA 1824; ordained priest 10 Jul 1825 (York); Vicar of Bray, Berks., from 27 Jun 1825; m. 23 Aug 1825 Frances Augusta, eldest dau. of William Atkins-Bowyer, Braywick, Berks.; d. 16 Jun 1826.