Earl of Dartmouth
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The title of '''Earl of Dartmouth''' was created in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]] in [[1711]] for [[William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth|William Legge, 2nd Baron Dartmouth]], who was then [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]].
The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of ''Viscount Lewisham'' (1711) and ''Baron Dartmouth'' ([[1682]]), the latter in the [[Peerage of England]].
The family seat is [[Woodsome Hall]] in [[Yorkshire]], though there was also a family home at [[Sandwell Hall]] (since demolished) in the [[Sandwell Valley]], and Patsull Hall, at [[Pattingham]] in [[Staffordshire]]. [[Dartmouth Park]] in [[London]] also belonged to the family.
==Barons Dartmouth ([[1682]])==
*[[George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth]] ([[1647]]-[[1691]])
*[[William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth|William Legge, 2nd Baron Dartmouth]] ([[1672]]-[[1750]]) (became 1st Earl of Dartmouth in 1711)
==Earls of Dartmouth ([[1711]])==
*[[William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth]] ([[1672]]-[[1750]])
*[[William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth]] ([[1731]]-[[1801]])
*[[George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth]] ([[1755]]-[[1810]])
*[[William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth]] ([[1784]]-[[1853]])
*[[William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth|William Walter Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth]] ([[1823]]-[[1891]])
*[[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth|William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth]] ([[1851]]-[[1936]])
*[[William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth]] ([[1881]]-[[1958]])
*[[Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth]] ([[1888]]-[[1962]])
*[[Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth|Gerald Humphry Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth]] ([[1924]]-[[1997]])
*[[William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth]] (b.[[1949]])
The Heir Presumptive is the Hon. Rupert Legge, his brother (b.[[1951]])
[[Category:Earldoms|Dartmouth]]
[[pl:Hrabia Dartmouth]]
[[pt:Conde de Dartmouth]]