Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet
Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet
variously between 1830 and his death in 1881.Early life
Egerton was the son of
Josias Du Pre of Wilton Park, Beaconsfield. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1828.[1] While at college his interest in geology was aroused by the lectures of William Buckland, and by his acquaintance with William D. Conybeare. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1829. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831, and was a trustee of the British Museum. When it was first established in 1834 he became a trustee of the Senate of the University of London
.
Geological work
While travelling in
fossil fish. During the course of fifty years they gradually gathered together two of the largest and finest of private collections—that of Sir Philip Grey Egerton being at Oulton Park, Tarporley
, Cheshire.
Egerton described the structure and affinities of numerous
Wollaston medal was awarded to him in 1873 by the Geological Society. He was elected FRS in 1831, and was a trustee of the British Museum. He was also a member of Grillion's Club
, and compiled a history of the club's first fifty years in a book: 'Grillion's Club: From Its Origin in 1812 To Its Fiftieth Anniversary', published in 1880.
He was a member of the founding council of the Ray Society.[2]
Political life
Egerton was a prominent local dignitary, as
Cheshire South in 1832 but was elected in 1835 and held the seat until 1868. He was elected MP for West Cheshire from 1868 until his death in London on 5 April 1881.[3]
Legacy
Egerton's collection of fossil fishes is now in the Natural History Museum, London. He is commemorated in the scientific names of the
The
, England are also named in honour of Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton.Family
He married on 8 March 1832, Anna Elizabeth, third daughter of George John Legh and had issue:
- Sir Philip le Belward Grey-Egerton, 11th Baronet (1833–1891), married Henrietta, daughter of Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough
- Lt-Col Rowland Grey-Egerton (1838–1923), died unmarried
- Anna Mary Elizabeth Grey-Egerton ( -1927), married Henry Reginald Corbet
- Cecily Louisa Grey-Egerton ( -1920), married Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk
References
- ^ a b "Debrett's House of Commons". London Dean. 1867 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Ray and Palæontographical Societies". Midland Naturalist. 1: 71–73. 1878.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
- ^ Broderip, W. J. (1840). Description of some fossil Crustacea and Radiata, found at Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire. Transactions of the geological Society of London, 2, 390 - 396.
- ^ Phillips J. (1829). Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a description of the strata and organic remains of the Yorkshire Coast. Part 1. 192 pp. York.
- Bibliography
- Mosley, Charles (2002). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage in Great Britain and Ireland (106th ed.). London: Cassells.
- Mosley, Charles (2010). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage in Great Britain and Ireland (107th ed.). London: Cassells.
- Cokayne, G.E.; Doubleday, H.; Gibbs, Vicary (1949). The Complete Peerage of extant, dormant, and abeyant titles and estates in Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 13 volumes. London: St Catherine's Press.
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