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What was the position of William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth from Jul 1886 to Aug 1891?
William Legge , 6th Earl of Dartmouth William Heneage Legge , 6th Earl of Dartmouth , ( 6 May 1851 – 11 March 1936 ) , styled Viscount Lewisham between 1853 and 1891 , was a British peer and Conservative politician . He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1885 and 1886 and again between 1886 and 1891 . Background and education . Born at Westminster , London , Dartmouth was the eldest son of William Legge , 5th Earl of Dartmouth , and Lady Augusta , daughter of Heneage Finch , 5th Earl of Aylesford . Sir Henry Legge was his younger brother . He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church , Oxford . On 7 May 1868 , he was commissioned an ensign in the 27th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps , and was promoted from lieutenant to captain on 19 August 1874 . Later promoted to major in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment , he resigned his commission on 20 December 1884 . He played first-class cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1877 , and was a county cricketer for Shropshire between 1869 and 1871 , and for Staffordshire . He became one of the first Vice-Presidents of the Kent County Football Association in 1884 . Political career . Legge entered Parliament in 1878 as Member of Parliament for West Kent , a seat he held until the constituency was split in 1885 , when he was elected to the new constituency of Lewisham . The same year he was sworn of the Privy Council and made Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in Lord Salisburys first administration . The Conservatives fell from power in January 1886 but returned to office under Salisbury already in July of the same year , when Dartmouth was once again appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household , a post he retained until 1891 . He left the Commons in August 1891 on succeeding his fathers titles . In October of the same year he was also appointed Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire ( succeeding his father ) , which he remained until 1927 . He was also an Alderman of the Staffordshire County Council and a Justice of the Peace for both Staffordshire and Shropshire . In July 1901 he was appointed an additional member of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts . Lord Dartmouth was honorary Colonel of the 5th volunteer battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment from 1891 , and of the 46th North Midland Divisional Train of the Royal Army Service Corps from 1908 to 1928 , a period including the First World War , for which he was appointed a KCB in 1917 . On his retirement , he was made a GCVO in 1928 . Provincial Grand Master for the Masonic Province of Staffordshire 1919 . Family . Lord Dartmouth married Lady Mary , fourth daughter of the Thomas Coke , 2nd Earl of Leicester , on 18 December 1879 . They had five children : - William Legge , Viscount Lewisham ( 1881–1958 ) , later 7th Earl of Dartmouth . - The Hon . Captain Gerald Legge ( born 1882 ) , killed during the landing at Suvla Bay on 9 August 1915 whilst serving with the 7th Bn . South Staffordshire Regiment . He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial . He was a well-known ornithologist . - Lady Dorothy Legge OBE ( 1883–1974 ) , Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire , married Colonel Francis Meynell ( grandson of Charles Wood , 1st Viscount Halifax ) . - The Hon . Humphry Legge ( 1888–1962 ) , later 8th Earl of Dartmouth . - Lady Joan Margaret Legge ( 1885–1939 ) , Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire , died unmarried . The Countess of Dartmouth , who was made a CBE in 1920 , died in December 1929 . Lord Dartmouth survived her by seven years and died at Patshull Hall , Staffordshire , in March 1936 , aged 84 . He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son , William . External links . - 1893 photograph of Lord Dartmouth at thepeerage.com