John Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater
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John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater FRS FSA ( April 14, 1753 - October 21, 1823 ), was a British peer , general and Tory politician.
Life
Egerton was the elder son of John Egerton , who was Bishop of Durham from 1771 to 1787 , and the Lady Anne Sophia Gray, daughter of Henry Gray, 1st Duke of Kent .
1771 he joined as a cornet in a dragoon regiment of the British Army one. In 1776 he was promoted to Captain , 1779 to Major , 1790 to Lieutenant-Colonel , 1793 to Colonel , 1795 to Major-General , 1802 to Lieutenant-General and finally in 1812 to General. He fought in particular in the Napoleonic War on the Iberian Peninsula .
He was also a member of the British House of Commons , from 1777 to 1780 as an MP for Borough Morpeth and from 1780 to 1803 for Borough Brackley .
On the death of his unmarried and childless deceased second uncle Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater , he inherited his titles as 7th Earl of Bridgewater , 8th Viscount Brackley and 8th Baron Ellesmere in 1803 . Because of the title he received a seat in the House of Lords , for which he resigned from the House of Commons.
In 1808 he was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries .
Egerton married Charlotte Catherine Anne, daughter of Samuel Haynes, in 1783. The marriage remained childless. Egerton died in October 1823 at the age of 70; his titles of nobility passed to his younger brother Francis . His widow died in 1849 at the age of 85.
Literature and web links
- Lewis Namier: Egerton, John William (1753-1823), of Albemarle St., London. In: Lewis Namier, John Brooke (Eds.): The History of Parliament. The House of Commons 1754-1790. HMSO, London 1964 ( online ).
- Mr John Egerton at Hansard (English)
- General John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgwater on thepeerage.com
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Egerton |
Earl of Bridgewater 1803-1823 |
Francis Egerton |
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| SURNAME | Egerton, John, 7th Earl of Bridgewater |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Egerton, John William, 7th Earl of Bridgewater; Bridgewater, John Egerton, 7th Earl of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman, military man and politician, member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1753 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1823 |