• Science • People
Non User
 • Locations • Timeline
Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Home > William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

 
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth ( June 20, 1731 - July 7, 1801) was a British statesman who is most remembered for his part in the government before and during the American Revolution. For King George III, Legge was the 2nd Secretary of State for the Colonies, serving from 1772 to 1775. He was a large donor to and the leading trustee for the English trust which would finance the establishment of Dartmouth College, formed to educate the children of the natives and of 'English youth' in the New Hampshire wilderness. Dartmouth College is named in his honor. His role in Black Country Methodism is mentioned in David Hallam's book "Eliza Asbury".

This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by [ ṣlocalurl: : |action=edit}} expanding it].


Preceded by:
The Earl of Hillsborough 		First Lord of Trade
1765–1766 		Followed by:
The Earl of Hillsborough
Preceded by:
The Earl of Hillsborough 		Secretary of State for the Colonies
1772–1775 		Followed by:
The Lord George Germain
First Lord of Trade
1772–1775
Preceded by:
The Duke of Grafton 		Lord Privy SealThe Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices in the British Cabinet. Originally, its holder was responsible for the monarch's personal ("privy") seal (as opposed to the Great Seal of state, which is in th
1775–1782 		Followed by:
The Duke of Grafton
Preceded by:
The Duke of Rutland 		Lord Steward
1783 		Followed by:
The Duke of Chandos


Preceded by:
William Legge 		Earl of Dartmouth Followed by:
George Legge


Dartmouth, William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, William Legge, 2nd Earl of

Read more »

Topics: William Legge 2nd Earl Of Dartmouth, William Kidd, William...

William KiddWilliam "Captain" Kidd ( 1645 May 23, 1701), was born in Greenock, Scotland. He later emigrated to America settling in New York. There he married Sarah Bradley Cox Oort. They had two daughters: Elizabeth and Sarah Kidd. The marriage brought to Kidd a consWilliam CrookesSir William Crookes ( June 17 1832 April 4 1919) was an English chemist and physicist. Working on spectroscopy, in 1861 he discovered a previously unknown element with a bright green emission line in its spectrum. He named the element thallium, from the GWilliam Jones (philologist)Sir William Jones ( September 28, 1746 April 27, 1794) was a British philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his discovery of the Indo-European languages family. Jones was born in London, his father (also named Sir William Jones)
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 ( O. May 3, 1616 ( N. has a reputation as the greatest writer the English language has ever known. Indeed, the English Renaissance has often been called "the age of ShakespeWilliam AlstonWilliam P. Alston is a Syracuse University philosophy professor, and has been influential as a Christian epistemologist of the twentieth century. His views on Foundationalism and Internalism vs. Externalism, among many other topics, have been very influenWilliam WitheringWilliam Withering ( March 17, 1741 October 6, 1799) was a British physician and the discoverer of digitalis. Trained as a doctor at Edinburgh University, he worked at Birmingham General Hospital from 1779. The story is that one of his patients with dropsy
William BarnesWilliam Gibson (novelist)William Shockley
William BlakeWilliam Somerset MaughamWilliam deVries
William IWilliam CrossingWilliam Morris
Non User