DARTMOUTH. DARTMOUTH. Charles Fitz-Ciiarles, illegit. s. of King Charles II, was, 28 July 1675, cr. BARON OF DARTMOUTH, VISCOUNT TOTNESS and EARL OF PLYMOUTH. He d. s.p., 17 Oct. 1(380 whet) all his honours became extinct; see " Plymouth," Earlduui of, cr. 1675; ex. 16S0. II. 1682. 1. George Legge, s. and h. of William Legge, Groom of the Bedchamber, and Treasurer nt the Ordnance (well known for his fidelity to King Charles I), by Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Sir William WaSHIKG- ton, of Packingtou, co. Leicester, was b. 1647. served both by sea and land, being at oae time (1678) General of the Artillery in Flanders, and at another (1683 and 1688) Admiral. He was M.P. for Ludgershal, 1688-79 ; for Portsmouth, 1679-S2 ; Gov. of Portsmouth, 1670; Master Geu. of the Ordnance, and P.C., 1682; and was, 2 Dec. 1682, cr. BARON DARTMOUTH, of Dartmouth, co. Devon. (") with a spec, rem., failing the heirs male of his body, to his brother William Legge, and his issue in tail male. He was Admiral of the expedition sent to destroy Tangiers, 1683, on the accomplishment of which he received a grant of £'1 0,000. During the reign of James II (in whose household, before his accession, he had held office), he was Miister of the Horse; Col. of the Reg. of Fusileers ; Lord Lieut, of the Tower Hamlets ; Gov. of the Tower of London, and Admiral of the Fleet. He was, however, deprived of all his offices at the Revolution and committed to the Tower on suspicion of treasou( b ) in July 1691. He m. Barbara, da. of Sir Henry AncHBOLD, of Abbots Bromley, co. Stafford. He d. after three months imprisonment, "suddeuly( c ) of a lit of apoplexy, his lady being in bed with him,"25 and was bur. 27 Oct. 1691, at Trinity Minnries, with his parents. Admon. 21 Nov. and 1 Dec. 1691. His widow d. 28 Jany. 1717,8, in her 68th year and was bur. with him, M.l. Will dat. 20 May 1714, pr. 11 Feb. 1717/8. III. 1691. 2 and 1. William (Legge), Baron Dartmouth, p. , j s. and h., 6. 14 Oct. 1672: took his seat in the House of Lords, ^aiiaom. 2 ., Noy 1695 . Iu June 17Q2 WM made one o{ the Lor(Jg {or Trade I. 1711. "lid Plantations ; P.C., 1702 ; Sec. of State for the South, 1710-13 ; Joint Keeper of the Signet for Scotland, 1710-13. On 5 Sep. 1711 he was cr. VISCOUNT LEWISHAM( l1 ) of co. Kent, and EARL OF DARTMOUTH ; Privy Seal, 1713-14, and, as such, one of the Lord Justices of the Realm, 1 Aug. to 18 Sep. 1714, on the death of Queen Anne.(°) He m. July 1700, Anne, 3rd da. of Heneage (Finch), 1st Eakl ok Ayleskord, by Elizabeth, da, and h. of Sir John Banks, Bart. He d. 15 Dec. 1750 at Blackheath and was bur. from Green- wich at Trinity Minories afsd. Will dat. 22 Jany. 1747, pr. 4 Jany. 1750/1. ( f ) His widow d. 30 Nov. 1751 and was also bur. there. Will dat. 23 Dec. 1750, pr. 1752. [George Legg, styled Viscount Lewisham, s. and h. ap. Matric. at Oxford (Mag. Coll.) 22 Jany. 1719/20, and then, aged 15. He waB M.P. for Great Bedwyn, 1727-29. He m. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Arthur Kayk, Bart., of Woodsome, co. York. He d, v.p. of the small pox, 29 Aug. 1732, in Holies Street, (») The preamble recites " the great merits " of his father, " in that unparalled rebellion," &o. ( h ) This charge is believed by Macaulay and Green, but the evidence thereof seems very weak. See " N. and Q.," 6th S. xi, 184. (<-•) LuttrellV'-Dian/." ( d ) His father had purchased the manor of Lewisham, co. Kent, 1673. («) See a list of these, sub " Devonshire," 2nd Duke of. Lord Dartmouth was, however, speedily displaced by the new King who, on 24 Sep. 1714, made the Marquess of Wharton, Privy Seal, in his room. ( f ) Bishop Burnet's character of him when "turned of 30 years old" (1706), with Dean Swift's commentary thereon in italics is as follows. " He sets up for a critick in conversation, makes jests and loves to laugh at them ; takes a great deal of pains in his office and is in a fair way of rising at Court ; is a short thick man of a fair complexion. This is fair enough writ, but he has little sincerity." Barony. I 1675, to 16S0.
