The word "legate" refers to a person, typically an official or envoy, who has been sent by a government or organization to represent their interests in a foreign country. Full definition
Briggs's co-authors are Harvard - Smithsonian astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon, British journalist and mathematician Christopher Monckton of the Science and Public Policy Institute, and University of Delaware Professor of Climatology Dr. David R. Legates, a Senior Fellow of The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation. (vvattsupwiththat.blogspot.ru)
Carafa tried unsuccessfully to recall Pole himself from his crucial role as Archbishop of Canterbury and papal legate in Mary Tudor's England, in order to burn him. (firstthings.com)
Dr Legates said: «It is astonishing that any journal could have published a paper claiming a 97 % climate consensus when on the authors» own analysis the true consensus was well below 1 %. (wattsupwiththat.com)