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Lionel K. Legge

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Lionel Kennedy Legge
Associate Justice of South Carolina
In office
1954 – December 1961
Preceded byEdward Ladson Fishburne
Succeeded byThomas P. Bussey
Personal details
BornDecember 11, 1889
DiedJuly 22, 1970 (1970-07-23) (aged 80)
Charleston, South Carolina
SpouseDorothy Haskell Porcher
Alma materCollege of Charleston
Columbia University (J.D.)
Justice Legge and his wife restored and then occupied 99-101 East Bay Street on Charleston's Rainbow Row.

Lionel K. Legge (1889-1970) was an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.[1] He was the president of the Charleston County Bar starting in 1940.[2] Justice Legge and his wife, Dorothy Haskell Porcher Legge, undertook the first restoration of Charleston's historic Rainbow Row homes in 1931 and made 99-101 East Bay Street their home.[3] He is buried at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Justice Legge Dies Here At 80". News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. July 23, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  2. ^ "Lionel Legge Heads Lawyers". Evening Post. Charleston, South Carolina. April 6, 1940. p. 11.
  3. ^ "Building in July Totaled $90,726". News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. August 4, 1931. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Lionel Kennedy Legge (1889-1970)". Find a Grave. Retrieved November 30, 2014.