Gerald Humphry Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth

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(26 April 1924 – 14 December 1997), styled Viscount Lewisham between 1958 and 1962, was a

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and businessman.

Background and education

Legge was the only son of

Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth, (14 March 1888 – 16 October 1962) was a British peer and police officer. Legge was the youngest son of the William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth. During the First World War, he served as a commander with t ...

, and his wife, Roma Ernestine (née Horlick). He was educated at

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Career

On leaving Eton in 1942, he joined the

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as a

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and served with them until the end of the

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, having been

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. He was subsequently a director of the farming company Rea Bros (based at Ashcombe House) from 1958 to 1989, chairman of the

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from 1970 to 1992 and chairman of the Anglo-Brazilian Society from 1975 to 1994. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1962.

Family

Lord Dartmouth married Raine McCorquodale, the only child of the romance novelist

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and her first husband, Alexander McCorquodale, on 1 July 1948. They had four children: *

William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (born 23 September 1949), styled Viscount Lewisham from 1962 to 1997, is a British politician and hereditary peer, usually known as William Dartmouth. From 2009 to 2019, Dartmouth sat in the European Parlia ...

(b. 23 December 1949) **Gerald Glen Kavanagh-Legge (b. 2005) *

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Rupert Legge (b. 1 January 1951), married Mary Victoria Susan Ottley,Person Page - 24491
at the peerage.com daughter of Lionel Edward Bruce Ottley, and had issue: ** Edward Peregrine Legge (b. 1986) ** Claudia Rose Legge (b. 1989) * Lady Charlotte (b. 16 July 1963), married ''

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'' Miranda Marie Patricia Paternò Castello (b. 7 June 1993) ** ''Donna'' Chiara Diana Paternò Castello (b. 17 April 1995) ** ''Don'' Tancredi Lorenzo Paternò Castello (b. 9 April 1997) * The Honourable Henry Legge (b. 28 December 1968), married Cressida Hogg (youngest daughter of Sir Christopher Anthony Hogg), on 21 December 1995, and had issue: ** Violet Legge (b. 9 October 2000)Olivia Daisy and Violet Legge profiles
thepeerage.com; accessed 4 April 2016. ** Olivia Daisy Legge (b. 11 July 2002) ** Hebe Rosalind Legge (b. 24 July 2005)
thepeerage.com; accessed 4 April 2016. Lord and Lady Dartmouth divorced in 1976. Lady Dartmouth later married the 8th Earl Spencer and became the stepmother of

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(later Princess of Wales), while Lord Dartmouth married Gwendoline May Seguin four years later.Gerald Humphrey Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth
peerage.com; accessed 4 April 2016. Lord Dartmouth died in 1997 and was succeeded by his oldest son,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dartmouth, Gerald Legge, 9th Earl Of 1924 births 1997 deaths Coldstream Guards officers 9 People educated at Eton College

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