# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-legge-2nd-earl-of-dartmouth
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:53:10.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-legge-2nd-earl-of-dartmouth"
name: "William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth"
slug: "william-legge-2nd-earl-of-dartmouth"
description: "William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1772 to 1775, during the initial stages of the American Revolution. He is also the namesake of Dartmouth College."
tagline: "British politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Legge%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1731-06-20"
deathDate: "1801-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.627889352027283
  historical:           8.968037333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Легг, Уильям, 2-й граф Дартмут"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام ليج ايرل دارتموث التانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Legge, 2. hrabě z Dartmouthu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Dartmouth"
    title: "William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge_(2e_comte_de_Dartmouth)"
    title: "William Legge (2e comte de Dartmouth)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge%2C_Earl_of_Dartmouth_ke-2"
    title: "William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth ke-2"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge%2C_II_conte_di_Dartmouth"
    title: "William Legge, II conte di Dartmouth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ウィリアム・レッグ (第2代ダートマス伯爵)"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge_(1731-1801)"
    title: "William Legge (1731-1801)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Legge_(2._hrabia_Dartmouth)"
    title: "William Legge (2. hrabia Dartmouth)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump