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.
LEGGATT, PHILIP HENRY WALTER, son of Alfred Leggatt MRCS LSA, William Street, Lowndes Square, London, surgeon, and Mary Anne Eleanor Holroyd, Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, London; b. 29 Mar 1854; adm. 22 Jan 1869 (G); left Dec 1870; adm. solicitor Dec 1883; Roman Catholic convert 1905; m. 1884 Lily, authoress, dau. of Alfred Phillips, Charing Cross, London, Crown Jeweller; d. 24 Jul 1928.
LEGGATT, CHARLES ASHLEY SCOTT, brother of Philip Henry Walter Leggatt (qv); b. 12 Apr 1861; adm. 30 May 1872 (G); left Dec 1875; went to Rugby Sch.; Edinburgh Univ.; CM and MB 1885; MD 1888; a medical practitioner in London 1886-1926; author, Stalking Reminiscences, 1923; m. 17 Apr 1882 Helen Henrietta, youngest dau. of James William Anderson, Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington; d. 6 Mar 1935.
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LEGARD, SIR DIGBY, BART., only son of Sir Thomas Legard, Bart., and Frances, dau. of John Digby MP, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts.; b. 27 Jan 1728/9; succ. father as 5th baronet 1735; adm. Feb 1742/3 (Burges'); left 1746; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 20 Oct 1746; Grand Tour (Italy) 1754; m. Aug 1755 Jane, third dau. of Gorge Cartwright, Ossington, Notts.; d. 4 Feb 1773.
LEFROY, WILLIAM CHAMBERS, only son of Thomas Edward Preston Lefroy, County Court Judge, and Anna Jemima, eldest dau. of Rev. Benjamin Lefroy, Rector of Ashe, Hampshire; b. 2 Feb 1849; adm. 20 Jan 1860 (G); QS 1864; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 30 May 1868; BA 1873; MA 1878; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1873, called to bar 26 Jan 1876; Assistant Commissioner, Endowed Schools Dept., Charity Commission 1883-98, Assistant Secretary 1899-1901; Chief Administrative Inspector, Secondary Schools, Board of Education 1901; Assistant Secretary 1903; retd. 1906; author, The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire, 1882; m. 9 Apr 1896 Clara Frances, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Charles Henry Peirse; d. 4 Dec 1915.
LEFROY, JOHN HENRY GEORGE, eldest son of Isaac Peter George Lefroy (qv); b. 12 Jan 1782; in school lists 1795-7; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1800, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1800 – void 18 Apr 1807 (expiry year of grace as R. Basingstoke from 22 May 1806); BA 1804; MA Lambeth 6 Mar 1806; ordained deacon (Lichfield, lit. dim. from Winchester) Feb 1805, priest (Winchester) 2 Mar 1806; Rector of Ashe, Hampshire, from 3 Mar 1806; Rector of Basingstoke, Hampshire 1806; Rector of Compton, Surrey, from 15 May 1806; m. 22 Jul 1806 Sophia, youngest dau. of Rev. Charles Jeffreys Cottrell, Rector of North Waltham, Hampshire; d. 5 Sep 1823.
LEFROY, ISAAC PETER GEORGE, second son of Anthony Lefroy, Livorno, Italy, merchant, and Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Langlois, Livorno, Italy, merchant; b. 12 Nov 1745; in school list Jun 1764; left 9 Nov 1764; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Apr 1764; BA 1767; MA 1771; Fellow of All Souls Coll., Oxford 1768; ordained deacon 21 May 1769, priest 14 Jun 1772 (both Oxford); Rector of Compton, Surrey, from 11 Sep 1777; Rector of Ashe, Hampshire, from 3 May 1783; m. 28 Dec 1778 Anne, elder dau. of Edward Brydges, Wootton Court, Kent; d. 13 Jan 1806.