Francis Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater
…zealous naturalist and antiquarian. When he died in February 1829 the earldom became extinct. Born in London in 1756, Bridgewater was the younger son of John Egerton, Bishop of Durham and Anne Sophia Grey. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford where he gained his Bachelor of Arts in 1776, and became a…