Arthur Legge (British Army officer)

General The Honourable Arthur Charles Legge DL (25 July 1800 – 18 May 1890), was a British soldier and politician.

Legge was the fourth son and tenth child of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, by Lady Frances, daughter of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford.

[1] He succeeded his elder brother Heneage Legge as Member of Parliament for Banbury in 1826, a seat he held until 1830.

[1] On 8 May 1868, he was appointed honorary colonel of the 3rd Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers.

He married firstly the Honourable Anne Frederica, daughter of John Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, in 1827.