Earl of Ellesmere

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.

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.

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