Earl of Ellesmere

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Francis Egerton,
1st Earl of Ellesmere.
Arms of the Earls of Ellesmere (Egerton family)

Earl of Ellesmere (

Elizabeth Gordon, 19th Countess of Sutherland. In 1803 his father had inherited the substantial estates of his maternal uncle Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
. On his father's death in 1833, Lord Francis succeeded to the Egerton estates according to the will of the late Duke of Bridgewater, and assumed by Royal licence the surname of Egerton in lieu of Leveson-Gower. The Brackley and Ellesmere titles created for him in 1846 were revivals of titles held by the Dukes of Bridgewater. In 1963 his great-great-grandson, the fifth Earl, succeeded his kinsman as 6th Duke of Sutherland. The earldom of Ellesmere and viscountcy of Brackley are now subsidiary titles of the dukedom.

The Hon. Alfred Egerton, younger son of the second Earl, represented Eccles in Parliament.

The family seat was Worsley New Hall.

Earls of Ellesmere (1846)

For further Earls of Ellesmere, see the Duke of Sutherland

Family tree

See also

References

  • Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 342.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [
    better source needed
    ]
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