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Augustus Legge (priest)
and
Hon
Augustus George
Legge
,
MA
was
Archdeacon of Winchester
from 1814 until 1819.
The fifth son of
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
, he was
educated
at
Christ Church, Oxford
, matriculating in 1790 and
graduating
B.A. in 1794, and
taking
his M.A. at
Merton College
in
1796
. A
Chaplain
to
George III
he held
livings
at
Wonston
,
Crawley, Hampshire
and
North Waltham
. In 1820 he
declined
an
offer
to be the
Bishop of Killaloe
.