William Gordon ( d. 1816 ), eldest son from the third marriage of the second Earl, was a General in the Army.

William Gordon, younger brother of the fourth Earl, was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy and sat as Member of Parliament for Aberdeenshire.

* William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen ( 1679 – 1745 )

* William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen ( 1679 – 30 March 1746 )

George William Gordon, a friend of Paul Bogle, was hanged because he was thought to have contributed to the riot even though he was not a part of its organization or execution.

* Green, William and Gordon Swanborough.

Gordon continued to act on the stage throughout the 1930s, including notable runs as Mattie in Ethan Frome, Margery Pinchwife in William Wycherley's Restoration comedy The Country Wife at London's Old Vic and on Broadway, and Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at Central City, Colorado, and on Broadway.

The Kendall College presidents during 1907-1919 were: Arthur Grant Evans, Levi Harrison Beeler, Seth Reed Gordon, Frederick William Hawley, Ralph J. Lamb, Charles Evans, James G. McMurtry and Arthur L. Odell.

Married Fanny Graham and had four children: Mary Louisa, William, Reginald, Gordon.

* February 24 – Execution of the Jacobite leaders James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater and William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure.

He has worked on several collaborations with authors including William Rotsler, David Brin and Gordon Eklund.

In 2004, post-modern choreographer David Gordon created a dance-theatre version of the play called Dancing Henry Five, which mixed William Walton's music written for the Olivier film, recorded speeches from the film itself and by Christopher Plummer, and commentary written by Gordon.

While studying at a private school in Bayswater, Sullivan, then aged 11, persuaded his parents and the headmaster, William Gordon Plees, to allow him to apply for membership in the choir of the Chapel Royal.

Important writers on urban design theory include Christopher Alexander, Peter Calthorpe, Gordon Cullen, Andres Duany, Jane Jacobs, Mitchell Joachim, Jan Gehl, Allan B. Jacobs, Kevin Lynch, Aldo Rossi, Colin Rowe, Robert Venturi, William H. Whyte, Bill Hillier, and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk.

According to The Descendants of William Sabin, compiled by Gordon Alan Morris, Thomas J. Prittie, and Dixie Prittie, the first Caucasian child born in the county was Mary Stuart Sabin, daughter of Dr. Warren Sabin, c. 1812.

* 1942: Reap the Wild Wind-Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and William L. Pereira

* Gordon, William A.

J. H. Allen, Richard Reader Harris, Lawrence Graeme Allan Roberts, ‎ Edward Faraday Odlum, William Gordon Mackendrick, William Henry Fasken, Charles Marston, Elizabeth Oke Gordon, F. F. Bosworth, Alexander James Ferris, William Bond, Frank Sandford, Samuel Thornton, David Davidson, Errol Manners and Charles Fox Parham.

The Parliament of Scotland also accepted William as their new king, and required the Duke of Gordon, Governor of the Castle, to surrender the fortress.

The head of the trust was a Methodist named William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth.

Named for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth — an important supporter of Eleazar Wheelock's earlier efforts but who, in fact, opposed creation of the College and never donated to it — Dartmouth is the nation's ninth oldest college and the last institution of higher learning established under Colonial rule.

He named the town " Dartmouth " after William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, the patron of Dartmouth College.

The community was later given the English name of Dartmouth in honour of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth who was a former Secretary of State.

* M. Dominica Legge, " William the Marshal and Arthur of Brittany ", Historical Research, volume 55 ( 1982 )

* William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth: 15 June 1710-6 August 1713

On 5 September 1711 William Legge, the Earl of Dartmouth became the ( hereditary ) Viscount Lewisham

Some believe it was named for George Whitefield, a famous English evangelist, and a friend of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, the patron of Dartmouth College.

William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth ( 1672-1750 ), only son of George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, succeeded to his father's barony in 1691.

Dartmouth's eldest son George Legge, Viscount Lewisham ( c. 1703-1732 ), predeceased his father, leaving a son, William.

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William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth.

It was created in 1711 for William Legge, 2nd Baron Dartmouth.

His eldest son William Legge was a Royalist army officer and close associate of Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

His only son William Legge, Viscount Lewisham, was killed at El Alamein in 1942, and Dartmouth was consequently succeeded by his younger brother, Humphry, the eight Earl.

* William Legge, 2nd Baron Dartmouth ( 1672 – 1750 ) ( created Earl of Dartmouth in 1711 )

* William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth ( 1672 – 1750 )

* William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth ( 1731 – 1801 )

* William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth ( 1784 – 1853 )

* William Walter Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth ( 1823 – 1891 )

* William Heneage Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth ( 1851 – 1936 )

* William Legge, 7th Earl of Dartmouth ( 1881 – 1958 )

** William Legge, Viscount Lewisham ( 1913 – 1942 )

* William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth ( b. 1949 )