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Earl of Bridgewater

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Rogers, William (1888). Memorials of the West, Historical and Descriptive, Collected on the Borderland of Somerset, Dorset, and Devon, Volume 44 Memorials of the West, Historical and Descriptive, Collected on the Borderland of Somerset, Dorset, and Devon, W. H. Hamilton Rogers. J.G. Commin | London.
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The first Duke outlived his two elder sons and was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son from his second marriage, the second Duke. He died from fever at an early age. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Duke. He is remembered as the father of British inland
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in England, from Queen Elizabeth I, who had inherited it from her father who had appropriated it after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. Ashridge House served the Egerton family as a residence until the 19th century. The Egertons later had a family chapel (the Bridgewater Chapel) with
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assumed by Royal licence the surname of Egerton in lieu of Leveson-Gower according to the will of the third Duke of Bridgewater. In 1846 the Brackley and Ellesmere titles were revived when he was made
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The last Duke was succeeded in the other titles by his first cousin once removed, the seventh Earl. He was the son of the Right Reverend the Hon.
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in Britain and the modern world. Bridgewater never married and on his death in 1803 the marquessate and dukedom became extinct.
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Church, where many monuments commemorate the Dukes and Earls of Bridgewater and their families. Among those buried here is the
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for additional information on the Cust family). Also, Lady Louisa Egerton, daughter of the first Duke of Bridgewater, married
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5th Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, 9th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere
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4th Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 7th Earl of Bridgewater, 8th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere
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3rd Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 6th Earl of Bridgewater, 7th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere
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2nd Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 5th Earl of Bridgewater, 6th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere
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1st Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 4th Earl of Bridgewater, 5th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere
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the following year. All three titles became extinct on the first Earl of Bridgewater's death in 1548.
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is famously known as the "Canal Duke", for his creation of a series of canals in North West England.
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A scoundrel claiming to be the long-lost but rightful Duke of Bridgewater appears in the 1885 novel
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Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley (1675–1687), his younger half-brother, who died in childhood
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Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley (c. 1617–1623), his next brother, who also died in childhood
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in Somerset, where he owned estates. The Egerton family descended from Sir Richard Egerton of
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from his brother-in-law Richard Brereton. He was succeeded by his son, John who represented
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Arms of Baron Daubeney, also known as Dabney. Not to be confused with their cousins, the
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John Egerton, Viscount Brackley (1704–1719), his eldest son, who died before adulthood
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Family tree of the Barons Daubeney, Earls of Bridgewater, and Dukes of Bridgewater
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James Egerton, Viscount Brackley (1616–1620), his eldest son, who died in childhood
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of several counties in Wales and western England and who in 1617 was made
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from 1603 to 1617. Thomas Egerton was knighted in 1594, admitted to the
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He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, the second Earl. He was
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Lady Amelia Egerton, sister of the seventh and eighth Earls, married
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3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 4th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere
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2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 3rd Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere
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1st Earl of Bridgewater, 2nd Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere
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Hon. John Egerton (1669–1670), his eldest son, who died in infancy
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Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 6th Earl of Bridgewater
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Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, 4th Earl of Bridgewater
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in 1596 and in 1603 he was raised to the Peerage of England as
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John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgewater, 5th Earl of Bridgewater
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The Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church,
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Earldom of Bridgewater and Barony Daubeney extinct, 1548
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Argent, a lion rampant gules between three pheons sable
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Earls of Bridgewater, Second creation (1617; Reverted)
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in the Peerage of England in 1486 and was also made a
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Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1077, Duke of Sutherland
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John Egerton, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley
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Index

Earl of Bridgwater

Peerage of England
Daubeny
Egerton family
3rd Duke of Bridgewater
Henry Daubeny, 9th Baron Daubeny
writ
Model Parliament
letters patent
Knight of the Garter

Little Gaddesden
Egerton family

Little Gaddesden
John Egerton, Baron Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley
Bridgwater
Ridley, Cheshire
Sir Thomas Egerton
Master of the Rolls
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
Lord High Chancellor of England
Privy Council
Viscount Brackley
Tatton estate
Cheshire
Callington
Shropshire
House of Commons

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