Edward Legge (bishop)

Portrait of Bishop Edward Legge

Edward Legge (1767–1827) was an English churchman and academic. He was the Bishop of Oxford from 1816 and Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1817.^[1]

Life

He was the seventh son of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth and Frances Catherine Nicoll.^[2]^[3] Educated at Rugby School, he became a Fellow of All Souls, Student of Christ Church in 1785, and vicar of Lewisham.^[4]^[5]

He was a canon of Stall XI at Canterbury Cathedral from 1797 to 1802^[6] following which he served as a Canon of the Twelfth Stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor from 1802 to 1805. He was Dean of Windsor from 1805 to 1816, when he was raised to the episcopy as Bishop of Oxford, a position he held until his death in 1827 .

References

↑ "All Souls College | A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3 (pp. 173-193)". British-history.ac.uk. 1932-01-31. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
↑ Lundy, Darryl. "Person Page 24467". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
↑ "Earl of Dartmouth". 1911encyclopedia.org. 2006-10-06. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
↑ "Canterbury cathedral - Canons | The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 12 (pp. 55-108)". British-history.ac.uk. 2003-06-22. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
↑ Francis Haverfield (1907), Brief Guide to the Portraits in Christ Church Hall, Oxford.
↑ "Canons of Stall XI at Canterbury Cathedral from 1600 to 1863". The Chapter Library of Canterbury Cathedral. Retrieved 2012-04-06.

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Jackson	Bishop of Oxford 1816–1827	Succeeded by Charles Lloyd

Deans of Windsor

Late Medieval	William Mugge Walter Almaly Thomas Butler Richard Kingston John Arundel Thomas Manning John Faux William Morland William Dudley Peter Courtenay Richard Beauchamp Thomas Danett William Bealey John Morgan Christopher Urswick

Early modern	Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Hobbs Nicholas West John Vesey John Clerk Richard Sampson William Franklyn Owen Oglethorpe Hugh Weston John Boxall George Carew William Day Robert Bennet Giles Thomson Anthony Maxey Marco Antonio de Dominis Henry Beaumont Matthew Wren Christopher Wren Edward Hyde Bruno Ryves John Durell Francis Turner Gregory Hascard Thomas Manningham John Robinson The Lord Willoughby de Broke Peniston Booth Frederick Keppel John Harley John Douglas James Cornwallis Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Edward Legge Henry Hobart George Neville-Grenville Gerald Wellesley George Connor Randall Davidson Philip Eliot Albert Baillie Eric Hamilton Robin Woods Launcelot Fleming Michael Mann Patrick Mitchell David Conner

Deans of Wolverhampton

Medieval	Peter of Blois Nicholas Henry Fitz Geoffrey Giles of Erdington Theodosius de Camilla Philip of Everdon John of Everdon Godfrey of Rudham Robert of Silkstone John of Melbourne John of the Chamber Hugh Ellis Philip Weston John of Newnham Amaury Shirland Richard Postell Lawrence Allerthorpe Thomas Stanley Robert Wolveden William Felter John Barningham William Dudley Lionel Woodville Richard Beauchamp Thomas Danett William Bealey John Morgan Christopher Urswick

Modern	Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Hobbes Nicholas West John Vesey John Clerk Richard Sampson William Franklyn Owen Oglethorpe Hugh Weston John Boxall George Carew William Day Robert Bennet Giles Thomson Anthony Maxey Marco Antonio de Dominis Henry Beaumont Matthew Wren Christopher Wren Bruno Ryves John Durell Francis Turner Gregory Hascard Thomas Manningham John Robinson The Lord Willoughby de Broke Peniston Booth The Hon Frederick Keppel The Hon John Harley John Douglas The Hon James Cornwallis Charles Manners-Sutton Edward Legge Henry Hobart

Bishops of Oxford

Early modern	Robert King Thomas Goldwell Hugh Curwen John Underhill John Bridges John Howson Richard Corbet John Bancroft Robert Skinner William Paul Walter Blandford Nathaniel Crew Henry Compton John Fell Samuel Parker Timothy Hall John Hough William Talbot John Potter Thomas Secker John Hume Robert Lowth John Butler Edward Smallwell John Randolph

Late modern	Charles Moss William Jackson Edward Legge Charles Lloyd Richard Bagot Samuel Wilberforce John Mackarness William Stubbs Francis Paget Charles Gore Hubert Burge Thomas Strong Kenneth Kirk Harry Carpenter Kenneth Woollcombe Patrick Rodger Richard Harries John Pritchard vacancy (Colin Fletcher {acting}) Steven Croft (announced)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 36345754

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