Augustus Legge

Bishop Legge

"Lichfield"
Legge as caricatured in Vanity Fair, May 1897

Augustus Legge (28 November 1839^[1] – 15 March 1913)^[2] was Bishop of Lichfield from 1891^[3] until 1913.

Biography

Legge was the third son of William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth, by his second wife Frances, daughter of George Barrington, 5th Viscount Barrington. William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth, was his half-brother and Colonel Heneage Legge his full brother.^[4] He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Ordained in 1864, he was Domestic Chaplain to Anthony Thorold, Bishop of Rochester then Vicar of St Bartholomew’s, Sydenham ^[5] and after that Rural Dean of Lewisham^[6] before his elevation to the Episcopate in 1891. From 1873 to 1876 he was a member of the London School Board, representing the Greenwich Division.^[7]

Legge married Fanny Louisa, daughter of William Bruce Stopford Sackville, in 1877. They had several children. Fanny died in December 1911. Legge survived her by two years and died in March 1913, aged 73.^[4]

References

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ The Times, Friday, 21 March 1913; p. 7; Issue 40165; col B Deaths
↑ Two New Bishops Nominated Birmingham And Lichfield The Times Friday, Jun 19, 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52652; col D
1 2 thepeerage.com Rt. Rev. Hon. Augustus Legge
↑ Sydenham Society Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
↑ "The London School Board Elections". Daily News. 29 November 1873.

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Maclagan	Bishop of Lichfield 1891–1913	Succeeded by John Kempthorne

Bishops of Lichfield (including precursor offices)

Mercia	Diuma Ceollach Trumhere Jaruman Chad, Bishop of the Mercians & the Lindisfaras

Lichfield	Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) Ealdwulf Herewine Æthelwold Hunberght Cynefrith Tunberht Wulfsige Burgheard Eadberht Wulfred Wilferth Ælfwine Wulfgar Cynesige Wynsige Elphege Godwin Leofgar Brihtmær Wulfsige Leofwin Peter (became Bishop of Chester) Peter, Bishop of Chester

Coventry	Robert de Limesey, Bishop of Chester Robert de Limesey (previously Bishop of Chester) Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche Gerard la Pucelle Hugh Nonant Geoffrey de Muschamp William de Cornhill Alexander de Stavenby

Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee

Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd James Cornwallis Henry Ryder Samuel Butler

Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill Clive Gregory (acting) Michael Ipgrave

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 22923502

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