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Authorised form of nameLegge; William (1731 - 1801); 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
Dates1731 - 1801
Date of birth20 June 1731
Place of deathBlackheath, Kent
Date of death15 July 1801
Dates and placesBurial:
Trinity Church in the Minories
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/11/1754
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Royal Society codeNA257
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
MM/3/73Letter from William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, Blackheath, to the Secretary of the Royal Society26 December 1772
MM/3/79Letter from William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth to Daines Barrington31 July 1773
MM/3/75Letter from William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, Whitehall, to Daines Barrington20 June 1774
MM/3/74Letter from William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, St James's Square, to the Secretary of the Royal Society4 March 1774
MM/3/78Letter from Daines Barrington, King's Bench Walk, [to William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth]1 August 1773
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