House of Legge

Barons Dartmouth in the Peerage of England (1682)

Earls of Dartmouth in the Peerage of Great Britain (1711)

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1st Baron Dartmouth

  • George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth (1647–1691) Barony Dartmouth created, with a special remainder, failing the heirs male of his body, to his brother William Legge, and his issue in tail male.

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Earls of Dartmouth

  • William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth and Viscount Lewisham, 2nd Baron Dartmouth (1672–1750)
  • William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731–1801)

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3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG

  • George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG (1755–1810)
  • William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth (1784–1853)
  • William Walter Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth (1823–1891)
  • William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth (1851–1936)
  • William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth (1881–1958)
  • Humphry Legge, 8th Earl of Dartmouth (1888–1962)
  • Gerald Humphry Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth (1924–1997)
  • William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (b. 1949)

Barons Stawell of Somerton in the Peerage of Great Britain, Second creation (1760-1820)

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 1st Baroness Stawell

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The Honourable Henry Bilson-Legge

  • Mary Bilson-Legge nee Stawell, 1st Baroness Stawell (1726–1780) daughter of the 4th Baron, married the Honourable Henry Bilson-Legge (1708–1764), Chancellor of the Exchequer, fourth son of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth. Legge took the additional name of Bilson on succeeding to the estates of a relative, Thomas Bettersworth Bilson, in 1754. Barony created with remainder to Lady Stawell's sons by her first husband.

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2nd Baron Stawell

  • Henry Bilson-Legge, 2nd Baron Stawell (1757–1820)

Barons Stawell of Somerton in the Peerage of England, First creation (1683-1755)

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Barons Stawell of Somerton

  • Ralph Stawell, 1st Baron Stawell (d. 1689)
  • John Stawell, 2nd Baron Stawell (d. 1692)
  • William Stawell, 3rd Baron Stawell (d. 1742)
  • Edward Stawell, 4th Baron Stawell (d. 1755)