Type: | Bishop |
Edward Legge | |
Bishop of Oxford | |
Church: | Church of England |
See: | Oxford |
Term: | 1816–1827 (death) |
Predecessor: | William Jackson |
Successor: | Charles Lloyd |
Other Post: | Dean of Windsor (1805–1816) |
Birth Date: | 1767 |
Education: | Rugby School |
Alma Mater: | Christ Church, Oxford |
Edward Legge (1767 – 27 January 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]
He was the seventh son of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth and Frances Catherine Nicoll.[2] Educated at Rugby School, he became a Fellow of All Souls, Student of Christ Church, Oxford in 1785, and vicar of Lewisham.[3] [4]
He was a canon of Stall XI at Canterbury Cathedral from 1797 to 1802[5] following which he served as a Canon of the Twelfth Stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor from 1802 to 1805. He was a royal chaplain from 1797 and Deputy Clerk of the Closet from 1803, resigning the position when made Dean of Windsor in 1805.[6]
He was Dean of Windsor until 1816, when he was raised to the episcopacy as Bishop of Oxford, a position he held until his death in 1827.