Edward Legge (c.1710-1747)

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Edward Legge

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birthc.1710CSORN
First Known Service5.4.1726CSORN
FatherWilliam Legge, 1st Earl of DartmouthHPO
MotherAnne FinchHPO
Last Known Service19.12.1747CSORN
Date of Death19.9.1747CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
5.4.172614.10.1726
Royal Oak (70) 1713-1737
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Volunteer-per-order ADM 107/3/211		ADM 107/3
15.12.172617.6.1727
Royal Oak (70) 1713-1737
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman ADM 107/3/211		ADM 107/3
18.6.172711.3.1728/29
Poole (32) 1696-1737
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Midshipman ADM 107/3/211		ADM 107/3
12.3.1728/2920.12.1731
Kinsale (40) 1724-1741
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Midshipman ADM 107/3/211		ADM 107/3
21.12.173116.4.1732
Salisbury (50) 1726-1749
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Able Seaman ADM 107/3/211		ADM 107/3
17.4.17323.7.1732
Namur (90) 1729-1745
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Able Seaman ADM 107/3/211		ADM 107/3
3.7.1732 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/211RNLPC
2.3.1733/34 LieutenantCSORN
2.3.1733/341.8.1734
Deptford (60) 1732-1767
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/14/171		ADM 6/14
2.8.173414.3.1737/38
Somerset (80) 1731-1746
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/15/193		ADM 6/14
26.7.1738 CaptainCSORN
26.7.173820.11.1738
Lively (20) 1713-1738
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/132		BWAS-1714
14.6.173929.6.1740
Pearl (40) 1726-1744
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/187		BWAS-1714
30.6.174024.6.1742
Severn (50) 1739-1746
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/302		BWAS-1714
6.6.17435.10.1743
Hampshire (50) 1741-1766
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/186		BWAS-1714
6.10.174318.3.1743/44
Medway (60) 1742-1749
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/226		BWAS-1714
19.3.1743/4430.6.1745
Strafford (58) 1735-1756
British 58 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/280		BWAS-1714
1.7.17452.12.1745
Adventure (44) 1741-1756
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/35
Issued by
Thomas DaversBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1746

Confirmed 20.12.1745		ADM 6/17
3.12.17459.1.1745/46
Windsor (60) 1745-1777
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/29		BWAS-1714
10.1.1745/4624.11.1746
Captain (70) 1743-1777
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1777 Renamed "Buffalo"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/42		BWAS-1714
24.10.174619.9.1747Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/17/166ADM 6/17
15.12.174719.12.1747Elected a Member of Parliament for PortsmouthHPO
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Posted by Pieter van der Merwe on Saturday 30th of December 2023 11:56

Edward Legge was born in 1710. He holds the record as a posthumously returned MP, having been elected in absentia for Portsmouth (as an Admiralty nominated seat) on 15 December 1747, 87 days after dying in the West Indies on 19 September. News arrived only on 19 December.

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