Social Victorians/People/Lewisham

The Earl of Dartmouth — William Heneage Legge — by "Stuff," Vanity Fair, 10 October 1895

Also Known As

• Family name: Legge
• Earl of Dartmouth
  • William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth ( – 11 March 1936)
  • William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth (11 March 1936 – 28 February 1958)
• Viscount Lewisham (a courtesy title for the eldest son and heir presumptive of the Earl of Dartmouth, if there is one)
  • William Heneage Legge, (1853 – August 1891)
  • William Legge, (August 1891 – 11 March 1936)
  • William Legge, Viscount Lewisham (11 March 1936 – dvp 1942)
• Viscountess Lewisham
  • Mary Cooke Legge (1879 – December 1929)
  • Ruperta Wynn-Carrington Legge (7 December 1905 – 11 March 1936)

Demographics

• Nationality:

Family

• William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth (6 May 1851 – 11 March 1936)
• Mary Cooke Legge (– December 1929)

1. William Legge (22 February 1881 – 28 February 1958), later 7th Earl of Dartmouth.
2. Gerald Legge (1882– dvp 1915)
3. Dorothy Legge (1883–1974)
4. Humphry Legge (1888–1962), later 8th Earl of Dartmouth
5. Joan Margaret Legge (1885?–1939)

• William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth (22 February 1881 – 28 February 1958)
• Ruperta Wynn-Carrington Legge ()

1. Mary Cecilia Legge (1906–2003), married Noel Findlay.
2. Elizabeth Legge (1908–2000), married Ronald Lambert Basset.
3. Diana Legge (1910–1970)
4. William Legge, Viscount Lewisham (1913– dvp 1942)
5. Barbara Legge (b. 1916)
6. Josceline Gabrielle Legge (1918–1995)

Timeline

1879 December 18, William Heneage Legge and Mary Cooke married.

1905 December 7, William Legge and Ruperta Wynn-Carrington married.

Bibliography

• "William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge,_6th_Earl_of_Dartmouth (accessed June 2015).
• "William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth." Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge,_7th_Earl_of_Dartmouth (accessed June 2015).