Edward Legge (bishop)

Edward Legge (1767 – 27 January 1827) was an English churchman and academic.

[1] He was the seventh son of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth and Frances Catherine Nicoll.

[2][3] Educated at Rugby School, he became a Fellow of All Souls, Student of Christ Church, Oxford in 1785, and vicar of Lewisham.

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.

[7] 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.