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Biography of William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth 1823-1891

Paternal Family Tree: Legge

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Bond 1776

On 5th April 1820 [his father] William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth (age 35) and [his mother] Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot (age 42) and [his grandmother] Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot. He the son of [his grandfather] George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth and [his grandmother] Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 59).

On 12th August 1823 William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth was born to William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth (age 38) and Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth (age 22).

On 4th October 1823 [his mother] Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth (age 22) died.

On 25th October 1828 [his father] William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth (age 43) and Frances Barrington Countess Dartmouth were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth. He the son of [his grandfather] George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth and [his grandmother] Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 67).

On 9th June 1846 William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 22) and Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Heneage Finch 5th Earl Aylesford (age 60) and Augusta Sophia Greville Countess Aylesford. He the son of William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth (age 61) and Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth. They were second cousins.

In 1849 William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 25) was elected MP South Staffordshire.

On 6th May 1851 [his son] William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth was born to William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 27) and [his wife] Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 29). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.69%.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 9th October 1852 William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 29) was appointed Deputy Lieutenant Staffordshire.

On 4th November 1852 [his son] Henry Charles Legge was born to William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 29) and [his wife] Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 30). Coefficient of inbreeding 1.69%.

On 22nd November 1853 [his father] William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth (age 68) died. In 1853 His son William (age 30) succeeded 5th Earl Dartmouth, 6th Baron Dartmouth. [his wife] Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 31) by marriage Countess Dartmouth.

On 3rd January 1859 [his father-in-law] Heneage Finch 5th Earl Aylesford (age 72) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Heneage (age 34) succeeded 6th Earl Aylesford.

On 10th January 1871 [his brother-in-law] Heneage Finch 6th Earl Aylesford (age 46) died. His son Heneage (age 22) succeeded 7th Earl Aylesford.

On 18th December 1879 [his son] William Legge 6th Earl Dartmouth (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Coke Countess Dartmouth (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Dartmouth. She the daughter of Thomas Coke 2nd Earl of Leicester (age 56) and Juliana Whitbread Countess Leicester. He the son of William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 56) and [his wife] Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 57). They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

In 1887 William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 63) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.

On 4th August 1891 William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth (age 67) died. His son [his son] William (age 40) succeeded 6th Earl Dartmouth, 7th Baron Dartmouth.

On 1st December 1900 [his former wife] Augusta Finch Countess Dartmouth (age 78) died.

Royal Ancestors of William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth 1823-1891

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth 1823-1891

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Legge 1st Baron Dartmouth

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Archbold Baroness Dartmouth

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Legge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Aylesford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Banks Countess Aylesford

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Legge 2nd Earl Dartmouth 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Kaye 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Lister Lady Kaye

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford

GrandFather: George Legge 3rd Earl Dartmouth 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Gounter

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Gounter Nicoll

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Catherine Gounter Nicoll Countess Dartmouth

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Blundell of Basingstoke in Hampshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blundell

Father: William Legge 4th Earl Dartmouth 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Aylesford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch

Great x 2 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 2nd Earl Aylesford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Banks 1st Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Banks Countess Aylesford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dethick

Great x 1 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 3rd Earl Aylesford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fisher

Great x 3 Grandfather: Clement Fisher 3rd Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Fisher Countess Aylesford

GrandMother: Frances Finch Countess Dartmouth 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Prynne 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Alington 1st Baron Alington 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eizabeth Alington 2nd Baroness Seymour Trowbridge 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tollemache Baroness Alington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Seymour Countess Aylesford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Finch Duchess Somerset 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Hatton 1st Viscount Hatton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Hatton Countess Nottingham and Winchelsea 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cicely Tufton Viscountess Hatton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

William Legge 5th Earl Dartmouth 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bishop William Talbot 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Talbot 1st Baron Talbot 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Stoughton

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Talbot 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Mathew of Castell y Mynach Glamorganshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecil Mathew Baroness Talbot

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chetwynd of Boughton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Chetwynd 2nd Viscount Chetwynd 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Roane

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Chetwynd 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Kent

Great x 3 Grandmother: Esther Kent Viscountess Chetwynd

GrandFather: Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Hill

Great x 3 Grandfather: Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Trevor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Clotworthy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaretta Fitzgerald 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William O'Brien 3rd Earl Inchiquin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Frances Charlotte Chetwynd-Talbot Countess Dartmouth 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Lambart

GrandMother: Frances Thomasina Lambart Countess Talbot 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Naper

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Naper

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Lenox Dutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Dutton 1st Baronet 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Dutton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Barwick Lady Dutton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Dutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Bond

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Bond