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William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, PC, FRS (20 June 1731 – 15 July 1801), styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman who is the namesake of Dartmouth College and for serving as Secretary of State for the Colonies during the contentious years leading up to the American Revolution .
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William Legge, 2nd earl of Dartmouth (born June 20, 1731—died July 15, 1801, Blackheath, Kent, England) was a British statesman who played a significant role in the events leading to the American Revolution. Legge was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Oxford.
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William Legge (1731-1801), the Second Earl of Dartmouth, held a number of public offices, including Secretary of State for the American Colonies. BIOGRAPHY.
27 de mar. de 2024 · 1731–1801. William Legge was the Second Earl of Dartmouth and the Secretary of State for the Colonies at the start of the American Revolutionary War. Dartmouth is most well-known for ordering General Thomas Gage to use military force to arrest leaders of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and restore order in Massachusetts.
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1772 to 1775. Lord Dartmouth was a large donor to and the leading trustee for the English trust that would finance the establishment of the Moor's Charity School, in Lebanon, Connecticut by Eleazar Wheelock to educate and convert the Indians.
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801) William Legge, often referred to as Lord Dartmouth, was Secretary of State for the Colonies from August 1772 to November 1775 and the step-brother of the First Minister, Lord North.
views updated. Dartmouth, William Legge, 2nd earl of (1731–1801). William Legge was the grandson of the 1st earl, a moderate Hanoverian Tory. Succeeding in 1750, he entered politics after doing the grand tour with Frederick North, the future prime minister and his half-brother.
