John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater

The Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater PC (30 May 1623 – 26 October 1686) was an English nobleman from the Egerton family.

Life[]

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgwater by Peter Lely, 1665

He was a son of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Lady Frances Stanley. His maternal grandparents were Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby and his wife Alice Spencer. According to the Will of King Henry VIII, his mother, at one time, was second-in-line to inherit England's throne. However, Lady Frances Stanley's older sister, Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven, was passed over for King James VI of Scotland.

He served as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1660–1686), Cheshire (1670–1676), Lancashire (1670–1676), and Hertfordshire (1681–1686), in addition to being invested as a Privy Councillor in 1679. He was buried in Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.

Family[]

Arms of Egerton: Argent, a lion rampant gules between three pheons sable^[1]

In 1641 Egerton married Elizabeth Cavendish (1626–1663), a daughter of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and his first wife Elizabeth Basset. Their children included:

John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (9 November 1646 – 19 March 1701)
William Egerton (born 15 August 1649), who married Honora Leigh
Thomas Egerton of Tatton Park, ancestor of the Barons and Earls Egerton
Two other sons
Charles Egerton
Elizabeth Egerton (24 August 1653 - 1709), who married Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester
Two other daughters.^[2]

External links[]

A family tree of the Egerton family

^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1077, Duke of Sutherland
^ Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Bridgewater, Earl of (E, 1617 - 1829) in Cracroft's Peerage. Accessed 15 June 2014.

Honorary titles
Vacant English Interregnum Title last held by The Lord Wharton	Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1660–1686	Succeeded by The Earl of Bridgewater
Vacant English Interregnum Title last held by The Earl of Bridgewater	Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire 1660–1686	Succeeded by The Lord Jeffreys
Preceded by The 8th Earl of Derby	Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire and Lancashire 1673–1676	Succeeded by The 9th Earl of Derby
Preceded by The Earl of Essex	Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire 1681–1686	Succeeded by The Earl of Rochester
Peerage of England
Preceded by John Egerton	Earl of Bridgewater 2nd creation 1649–1686	Succeeded by John Egerton

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[1] Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1077, Duke of Sutherland

[2] Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Bridgewater, Earl of (E, 1617 - 1829) in Cracroft's Peerage. Accessed 15 June 2014.

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