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	'''Lady Joan Margaret Legge''' (1885–1939) was a botanist from [[England]] who died on 4 July 1939 while collecting samples at [[Valley of flowers]], India.		'''Lady Joan Margaret Legge''' (1885–1939) was a botanist from [[England]] who died on 4 July 1939 while collecting samples at [[Valley of flowers]], India.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Joan Margaret Legge was born on 21 February 1885, to [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth]] and [[~~William_Legge~~,~~_6th_Earl_of_Dartmouth~~#Family\|Lady Mary Coke]].<ref name=peerage>{{cite web\|title=Lady Joan Margaret Legge\|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7391.htm\|publisher=thepeerage.com\|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=portrait>{{cite web\|last=National Portrait Gallery\|title=Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball\|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw225752/Group-in-fancy-dress-for-the-Shakespeare-Memorial-National-Theatre-Ball?LinkID=mp135420&role=sit&rNo=0#sitter\|publisher=npg.org.uk\|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref> She held the office of [[~~Justice_of_the_peace~~#~~United_Kingdom~~\|Justice of Peace]] for [[Staffordshire]].<ref name=peerage/>		Joan Margaret Legge was born on 21 February 1885, to [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth]] and [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth#Family\|Lady Mary Coke]].<ref name=peerage>{{cite web\|title=Lady Joan Margaret Legge\|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7391.htm\|publisher=thepeerage.com\|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=portrait>{{cite web\|last=National Portrait Gallery\|title=Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball\|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw225752/Group-in-fancy-dress-for-the-Shakespeare-Memorial-National-Theatre-Ball?LinkID=mp135420&role=sit&rNo=0#sitter\|publisher=npg.org.uk\|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref> She held the office of [[Justice of the peace#United Kingdom\|Justice of Peace]] for [[Staffordshire]].<ref name=peerage/>

	==Death==		==Death==
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	==Commemoration==		==Commemoration==
	A new species of ''[[Impatiens]]'', found near the Valley of Flowers, was named as a tribute to Joan Margaret Legge in 2010. It is called ''[[Impatiens leggei]]''. <ref name=leggebalsam>{{cite web\|title=Mary Legge's Balsam\|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mary%20Legge's%20Balsam.html\|publisher=Flowers of India\|accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=taiwania>{{cite web\|last=D.K. Singh\|first=P.K. Pusalkar\|title=Three New Species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, India\|url=http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2010.55.13.pdf\|publisher=Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010}}</ref>		A new species of ''[[Impatiens]]'', found near the Valley of Flowers, was named as a tribute to Joan Margaret Legge in 2010. It is called ''[[Impatiens leggei]]''.<ref name=leggebalsam>{{cite web\|title=Mary Legge's Balsam\|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mary%20Legge's%20Balsam.html\|publisher=Flowers of India\|accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=taiwania>{{cite web\|last=D.K. Singh\|first=P.K. Pusalkar\|title=Three New Species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, India\|url=http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2010.55.13.pdf\|publisher=Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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'''Lady Joan Margaret Legge''' (1885–1939) was a botanist from [[England]] who died on 4 July 1939 while collecting samples at [[Valley of flowers]], India.

==Early life==
Joan Margaret Legge was born on 21 February 1885, to [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth]] and [[William_Legge,_6th_Earl_of_Dartmouth#Family|Lady Mary Coke]].<ref name=peerage>{{cite web|title=Lady Joan Margaret Legge|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7391.htm|publisher=thepeerage.com|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=portrait>{{cite web|last=National Portrait Gallery|title=Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw225752/Group-in-fancy-dress-for-the-Shakespeare-Memorial-National-Theatre-Ball?LinkID=mp135420&role=sit&rNo=0#sitter|publisher=npg.org.uk|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref> She held the office of [[Justice_of_the_peace#United_Kingdom|Justice of Peace]] for [[Staffordshire]].<ref name=peerage/>

==Death==
[[File:Margaretc.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Joan Margaret Legge]]
In 1939 Joan Margaret Legge went to India to study flora of the [[Valley of Flowers]] on behalf of the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]],<ref name=butler>{{cite book|last=Edited by Richard W. Butler|first=and Douglas G.Pearce|title=Tourism Development.|year=1999|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=9780203380307|page=205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQmGzEJoJKUC&q=Joan+Margaret+Legge+botanist&pg=PA205|author2=Butler, Richard W.}}</ref> and while traversing some rocky slopes to collect flowers, she slipped off and lost her life.<ref name=joan>{{cite web|title=Valley of Flowers|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/oldsikhnet/HemkuntSahib/valley.htm|publisher=sikhnet.com|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref> Her sister came in search of Joan Margaret Legge and built a tomb inside the [[Valley of Flowers]].<ref name=flowers>{{cite web|last=N. Ulysses and Tabish|first=Thingnam Girija|title=Trek to Valley of Flowers|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/vof-trek/|publisher=Flowers of India|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref> She died unmarried at the age of 54.<ref name=peerage/>

==Commemoration==
A new species of ''[[Impatiens]]'', found near the Valley of Flowers, was named as a tribute to Joan Margaret Legge in 2010. It is called ''[[Impatiens leggei]]''. <ref name=leggebalsam>{{cite web|title=Mary Legge's Balsam|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mary%20Legge's%20Balsam.html|publisher=Flowers of India|accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=taiwania>{{cite web|last=D.K. Singh|first=P.K. Pusalkar|title=Three New Species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, India|url=http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2010.55.13.pdf|publisher=Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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