Egerton family
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The Egerton family is a British aristocratic family. Over time, several members of the Egerton family were made Dukes, Earls, knights, baronets and peers. Hereditary titles held by the Egerton family
North elevation of Oulton Hall c. 1735
Thomas Egerton (1749 – 1814), who became 7th Baronet in 1756, Baron Grey de Wilton in 1784, as well as Viscount Grey de Wilton and Earl of Wilton in 1801.
Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater
The Bridgewater Chapel in the Church of St Peter & St Paul, Little Gaddesden, where many Egerton family members are buried
John Sutherland Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, was a British peer from the Egerton family. He was styled Viscount Brackley until 1944, when he became the 5th Earl of Ellesmere on inheriting his fath
Egerton family
…Leveson-Gower assumed by Royal licence the surname of Egerton in lieu of his patronymic and was created Viscount Brackley and Earl of Ellesmere in 1846. The 5th Earl of Ellesmere(1915–2000) succeeded as 6th Duke of Sutherland in 1963. After a lengthy lawsuit, the 8th Earl of Bridgewater's estates were inherited by John Egerton-Cust, 2nd…
Portrait by Allan Warren, 1983