William Vincent Legge
Colonel William Vincent Legge (2 September 1841 – 25 March 1918) was an Australian soldier and an ornithology, ornithologist who documented the birds of Sri Lanka. Legge's hawk-eagle is named after him as is Legge's flowerpecker and Legges Tor, the second highest peak in Tasmania. Biography Legge was born at Cullenswood, Tasmania, Cullenswood, Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land). His father, Robert Vincent Legge had moved from Ireland to Tasmania in 1827 along with his sisters and was married to Eliza Graves (née de Lapenotierre). He was granted 1200 acres (486 ha) which he named "Cullenswood" after his home in Ireland. William was sent to study at Bath, Somerset, Bath after which he continued studies in France and Germany, picking up several languages before joining the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1862 he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery, serving first in Bath, Somerset, Bath, England, and then in Melbourne for several years. From Melbourne his battery was tra ...
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Cullenswood, Tasmania
Cullenswood, a historic property in the Fingal Valley in North East Tasmania, near St Marys, Tasmania, St Marys. The historic home of the Legge family, past residents have included Colonel William Vincent Legge, who was born at the property on 2 September 1841 and died there on 25 March 1918. The sheep grazing property is currently occupied by Robert Legge, the mayor of Break O'Day Council. North East Tasmania {{Tasmania-geo-stub ...
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