Person:John Egerton (3)
John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater
b.1579
d.4 Dec 1649
Parents and Siblings
(edit)
m. Bef 1576
  1. Sir Thomas Egerton1574 - 1599
  2. John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater1579 - 1649
  3. Hon. Mary Egerton
Spouse and Children
(edit)
  1. Lady Elizabeth Egerton - Abt 1687/88
  2. Lady Alice Egerton - Abt 1689
  3. Lady Frances Egerton - 1664
  4. Lady Mary EgertonAbt 1604 - 1659
  5. James Egerton, Viscount Brackley1616 - 1620
  6. John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater1623 - 1686
  7. Lady Arabella Egerton - Abt 1669
  8. Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley - 1623
Add another spouse & children
Facts and Events
Name John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1579
Marriage to Lady Frances Stanley
Death[1] 4 Dec 1649
Burial[4] Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England
Reference Number? Q6231481?


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater KB, PC (1579 – 4 December 1649) was an English peer and politician from the Egerton family.

The son of Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, he matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1589 at the age of 10, and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1594.

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Callington from 1597 to 1598, and for Shropshire in 1601. Knighted on 8 April 1599, he was Baron of the Exchequer of Chester from 1599 to 1605. In 1603, Egerton was appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath and in 1605, he received a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford. Having succeeded to his father's titles in March 1617, he was created Earl of Bridgewater on 27 May 1617.

Egerton was sworn of the Privy Council in 1626. From 1605 to 1646, he was Custos Rotulorum of Shropshire and from 1628 to 1649 Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire. Between 1631 and 1634, he was Lord President of Wales and Lord Lieutenant of Wales and the Marches of Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire.

John Milton's Comus celebrates the installation of Egerton, as Lord President of Wales. Egerton died intestate and was buried in Little Gaddesden.

The 1st Earl of Bridgewater is commemorated by a memorial at the Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire. In the early 17th century, the 1st Earl's father had purchased Ashridge House, one of the largest country houses 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 with burial vault in Little Gaddesden Church, where many monuments commemorate the Dukes and Earls of Bridgewater and their families. Lord Bridgewater died on 4 December 1649.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3.   EGERTON, John (1579-1649), of Dodleston, Cheshire; Ellesmere, Salop and Little Gaddesden, Herts., in The History of Parliament.
  4. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
    2:311.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Egerton_%283%29"