Grey Egerton baronets
The Egerton, later Grey Egerton, later still Egerton
Baronetage of England held by the senior patrilineal branch of the Egerton family
.
One of the earliest English baronetcies created, Sir Roland Egerton left many male descendants in remainder to his title.
History
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Background
The
baronetcy was created on 5 April 1617 for Sir Roland Egerton, whose family were established by the 13th century in Cheshire. The Anglo-Norman chevalier David le Clerc de Malpas migrated to England, and was appointed justice for Cheshire by King Henry III in 1252. Le Clerc held three knights' fees for the county, owing the King their service as and when summoned to war. His second son named Philip le Goch (translated from the brythonic as 'the Red') was lord of the manor of Egerton, Cheshire
.
The late 15th-century head of the family, Philip Egerton of Egerton, married Margery, daughter of Sir William Mainwaring; he died in 1474 at the height of the civil strife, leaving a number of sons: the second was Sir Ralph Egerton of Ridley, whose illegitimate son by a concubine, Alice Sparks, was Thomas Egerton, created Viscount Brackley after rising to high office in the Elizabethan court (see Earls and Dukes of Bridgewater). Their elder son, John Egerton of Egerton (died 1483), married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Hugh Done of Oulton, and paternal granddaughter of James Touchet, Lord Audley. Their only son was Philip Egerton of Egerton and Oulton (died 1534), who married Joan, a widow of Sir Richard Winnington[1] and daughter and coheir of Gilbert Smith of Cuerdley, Lancashire, leaving only one son: Sir Philip (died 1563) who married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Randle Brereton, of Malpas; their eldest son was John Egerton (died 1590) married Jane, daughter of Sir Piers Mostyn, whose eldest son was Sir John Egerton.
Egerton baronetcy
Sir Roland's parents were Sir
landowners: an ancestor of the first baronet, William le Belward, took the surname of Egerton from the lordship of Egerton
, which he inherited.
The 6th Baronet sat as
Marchioness of Westminster
.
On Lord Wilton's death in 1814 the
palaeontologist.[4] The 16th baronet was a major general in the British Army who inherited the baronetcy at the age of 94; General Egerton opted not to use the customary style of Sir (nor the additional surname of Grey). As of 2016, the title
is held by his son Sir William Egerton, the 17th Baronet, who succeeded in 2010.
Notable family members
Several other members of this branch of the
Sir David Egerton (1914–2010), a Major-General late Royal Artillery, who was awarded the Military Cross before succeeding as the 16th baronet in 2008.[5]
Sir Reginald Arthur Egerton, another son of the aforementioned Major-General Caledon Egerton (died 1930), was Private Secretary to the
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
from 1986 to 1989.
North aspect of Oulton Hall, Cheshire, c. 1735
Egerton, later Grey Egerton baronets, of Egerton and Oulton (1617)
- Sir Roland Egerton, 1st Baronet (died 1646)
- Sir John Egerton, 2nd Baronet (died 1674)
- Sir John Egerton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1658 – 1729)
- Sir Holland Egerton, 4th Baronet (c. 1689 – 1730)
- Sir Edward Egerton, 5th Baronet (c. 1719 – 1744)
- Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, 6th Baronet (c. 1721 – 1756)
- Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, 7th Baronet (1749–1814) (created Earl of Wilton in 1801);
Earls of Wilton (1801)
- Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (1749–1814): succeeded as Earl of Wilton, according to the special remainder, by his grandson Thomas Grosvenor (1799–1882):
- see Earl of Wilton;
Grey Egerton baronets, of Egerton and Oulton (1617; reverted)
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- Sir John Grey Egerton, 8th Baronet (1766–1825)
- Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet (1767–1829)
- Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet (1806–1881)
- Sir Philip le Belward Grey Egerton, 11th Baronet (1833–1891)
- Sir Philip Henry Brian Grey-Egerton, 12th Baronet (1864–1937)
- Sir Brooke de Malpas Grey Egerton, 13th Baronet (1845–1945)
- Sir Philip Reginald le Belward Grey Egerton, 14th Baronet (1885–1962)
- Sir (Philip) John Caledon Grey Egerton, 15th Baronet (1920–2008)
- General Sir David Boswell Egerton, 16th Baronet(1914–2010)
- Sir William de Malpas Egerton, 17th Baronet (born 1949);
- the heir apparent is his son Matthew Robert Egerton (born 1977).[8]
Family tree
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See also
Notes
Bibliography
- Brief biography of Sir Reginald Arthur Egerton
- Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (1990). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London and New York: St Martin's Press.
- Mosley, Charles (1999). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1 of 2 (106th ed.).
- Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage of Great Britain and Ireland (107th ed.). London: Cassells.
- Kidd, Charles (2015). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage.
