Legge-Bourke may refer to: * Sir Henry Legge-Bourke MP (1914–1973)

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politician * Shân Legge-Bourke LVO (born 1943), Welsh landowner and Lord Lieutenant of Powys, only child of Wilfred Bailey, 3rd Baron Glanusk *

Tiggy Legge-Bourke Alexandra Shân "Tiggy" Pettifer (née Legge-Bourke; born 1 April 1965) is a Welsh former nanny and companion to Prince William and Prince Harry. She was a personal assistant to Charles III (then Prince of Wales) from 1993 to 1999. She has used ...

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*Eleanor Legge-Bourke (born 1980), PR executive and TV personality, a contestant in the 2003 series of ''Nice People'' (the French version of '' Big Brother'') The family name originated with the adoption by Lt. Nigel Walter Henry Legge, of the

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(whose father, Hon. Sir Henry Charles Legge, K.C.V.O., descended from the

Earls of Dartmouth Earl of Dartmouth is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth, William Legge, 2nd Baron Dartmouth. History The Legge family descended from Edward Legge, Vice-President of Munster. ...

), of the additional surname of 'Bourke', by Royal Licence, 26 April 1911, on succeeding to the estate of the Hon. Henry Lorton Bourke, of Hayes, Co. Meath, a descendant of the

Earls of Mayo Earl of the County of Mayo, usually known simply as Earl of Mayo (), is a title in the Peerage of Ireland created, in 1785, for John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo, John Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo (of the second creation). For many years he served as "F ...

.Burke's Irish Family Records, 1912, pg 64, Legge-Bourke of Hayes pedigree Henry Lorton Bourke and Henry Charles Legge's wives were both daughters of Gustavus William Lambart (his eldest son was created a

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); when Bourke and his wife died without issue, his estate was inherited by his nephew.

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