Col
Edward
Henry
Legge
Born in Lewisham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Walter Legge [half], Florence (Legge) Barnardiston, Augustus Legge DD, Charles Gounter Legge and Heneage Legge
Husband of
Cordelia Twysden (Molesworth) Legge
— married
1873 in Devon, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Walter T Legge BA, Lois Marjorie (Legge) Denny, Hugo Molesworth Legge and Cecelia Katherine Legge
Died
at age 58
in Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2014
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Biography
Edward Henry Legge was born on 23 April 1834, the son of William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth and Hon. Frances Barrington. [1]
He married Cordelia Twysden Molesworth, daughter of Walter Hele Molesworth and Frances Mary Twysden, on 15 January 1873.
He died on 16 August 1900 at age 66.
He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.)1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards.
He was Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Commons.
Lt Col, Edward Henry Legge was born on 23 April 1842 in Staffordshire, the son of Frances and William. He married Cordelia Twysden Molesworth in January 1873 in Plympton, Devon. They had three children during their marriage. He died on 16 August 1900 in Dorking, Surrey, at the age of 58, and was buried in South Holmwood, Surrey.
Col Edward Henry Legge
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1842
Birth Place: England
Death Date: 16 Aug 1900
Death Place: England
Cemetery: St Mary Magdalene Churchyard
Burial or Cremation Place: South Holmwood, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Cordelia Twysden Legge
Sources
Marriage
- "England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCSV-GN1 : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Edward Henry Legge and Cordelia Twysden Molesworth, 1873, Marriage; from "Church of England parish registers 1538-1911," DC Thomson; Devon, archive reference , Images provided by FamilySearch International.
"England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2DGC-4BZ : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Edward Henry Legge, 1873; from Marriage, Plympton, Devon, England, , “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” findmypast.
- Col Edward Henry Legge
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1842 Age at Death: 58 Death Date: 16 Aug 1900 Burial Place: South Holmwood, Surrey, England
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Legge-270 and Legge-508 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife, one same child. Pretty sure they would be the same.
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on Legge-508 (merged)
by Ben Molesworth
Edward Legge was the son of William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth & Hon. Frances Barrington.
You can trace his lineage back to Charles II here (& elsewhere). http://www.thepeerage.com/p24472.htm#i244715
- Edward Henry Legge & Cordelia Twysden Legge (Molesworth)
- Frances Legge (Barrington), Countess of Dartmouth & William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth
- Elizabeth Barrington (Adair) & George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington
- Caroline Adair (Keppel) & Robert Adair
- Lady Anne of Albemarle van Keppel (Lennox), Countess of Albemarle & Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle
- Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond & Anne Lennox (Brudenell), Duchess of Richmond
- Charles II Stuart, King of England, Scotland, & Ireland & Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, duchesse d'Aubigny
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by MJ Missett
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Death Date: 16 Aug 1900 Death Place: Surrey, England Probate Date: 10 Oct 1900 Registry: London, England