The Bridgewater Treatises (1833–36) are a series of eight works that were written by leading scientific figures appointed by the President of the Royal Society in fulfilment of a bequest of £8000, made by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, for work on "the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation."
A set of the Bridgewater Treatises, rebound in leather, together with Charles Babbage's Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater
Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater,, known as Francis Egerton until 1823, was a noted British eccentric from the Egerton family and supporter of natural theology.
Francis Henry Egerton, 1824
Memorial to Francis Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater in the Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Little Gaddesden, where many Egerton family members are buried