Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell (22 February 1757 – 25 August 1820) was a

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and landowner, serving as a member of the

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from 1780 until his death in 1820. Stawell was the only son of the statesman

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, Chancellor of the Exchequer (himself a son of

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) by his marriage on 11 September 1750 to Mary Stawell (died 29 July 1780), the daughter of Edward Stawell, 4th Baron Stawell, who on her father's death succeeded to her father's estates but not his title. In 1760 she was created Baroness Stawell, of Somerton in the

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, in her own right, and this was the peerage later held by her son.Charles Mosley, ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'', 107th edition, vol. 1 (2003), pp. 1037, 1177 After his father's death in 1764 Stawell's mother married the

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(created

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after her death), thus providing Stawell with a step-father. Stawell came into a large fortune and was a patron of the Turf. He bred an Epsom Derby winner, '' Blucher''.''The Sporting Magazine'', October 1816
p. 1
/ref> In 1779, Stawell married Mary Curzon, daughter of

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, and they had one daughter, Mary (1780–1864), who married

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, and went on to have six children, including

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(1804–1883) and

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(1821–1892). They had no sons, so that the barony became extinct on Stawell's death in 1820.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stawell, Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron 1757 births 1820 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Great Britain English landowners Place of birth missing Owners of Epsom Derby winners