Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton
Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton was an English Conservative Party politician from the Egerton family. He sat in the House of Commons from 1858 to 1883 when he inherited his peerage and was elevated to the House of Lords.
Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton, by Hubert von Herkomer
Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1886.
Window of William and Wilbraham Egerton
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 include the dukedoms of Bridgewater (1720–1803) and Sutherland, as well as the earldoms of Bridgewater (1617–1829), Wilton (1801–1999) and Egerton (1897–1909). Several other members of the family have also risen to prominence. The Egerton family motto is Virtuti non armis fido.
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 at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Little Gaddesden, where many Egerton family members are buried
