LEGGE, William Walter, viscount Lewisham (1823-1891), of Sandwell Hall, Staffordshire; Patshull Hall, Staffordshire; Blackheath, Kent; Woodsome, Yorkshire
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An ‘enthusiastic Tory’, Lewisham was briefly a Derbyite MP for South Staffordshire before succeeding his father as 5th earl of Dartmouth in 1853. Rich from mining revenues on his Black Country estates, Lord Dartmouth remained a prominent figure in Staffordshire Conservatism.
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