Egerton family

Over time, several members of the Egerton family were made Dukes, Earls, knights, baronets and peers.

[3] The Egertons are an ancient Cheshire family, seated at Oulton Park near Tarporley since the Middle Ages.

These titles were created with special remainder to the second and the younger sons successively of his daughter Lady Eleanor Egerton, who married Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster.

On Lord Wilton's death in 1814 the barony became extinct, while he was succeeded in the viscountcy and earldom according to the special remainder by his grandson Thomas Grosvenor (1799–1882), who assumed the surname of Egerton.

From another branch of the family, Thomas Egerton (1540–1617) held the office of Lord Chancellor from 1603 to 1617; he was created Baron Ellesmere in 1603 and Viscount Brackley in 1616.

Lord Francis Leveson-Gower assumed by Royal licence the surname of Egerton in lieu of his patronymic and was created Viscount Brackley and Earl of Ellesmere in 1846.

However, he died childless at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother, the 3rd Earl Brownlow, who retained his original family surname of Brownlow-Cust.

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Julian Francis Martin Grosvenor, Viscount Grey de Wilton (b.

1959) The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son, James Granville Egerton, Marquess of Stafford (b.

( Reference ;- Debretts Peerage 2019 Edition) This branch of the Egerton family descended in the female line from the Hon.

His son Wion de Malpas Egerton (1879–1943), a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, was killed in action in the Second World War.

His son Sir David Egerton (1914–2010), a Major-General in the Royal Artillery, was awarded the Military Cross and later succeeded as sixteenth Baronet in 2008.

Admiral Sir George Egerton, KCB (1852 – 1940) was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to become Second Sea Lord.

Arms of the Egerton family: Argent, a lion rampant gules between three pheons sable [ 1 ]
North elevation of Oulton Hall c. 1735
Thomas Egerton (1749 – 1814) , who became 7th Baronet in 1756, Baron Grey de Wilton in 1784, as well as Viscount Grey de Wilton and Earl of Wilton in 1801.
Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater
The Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Little Gaddesden , where many Egerton family members are buried
Arms of the Earls of Wilton.
Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere, 1st Viscount Brackley (1540–1617), National Portrait Gallery, London
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (1736–1803), the "Canal Duke"
John Egerton (1915–2000) , 5th Earl of Ellesmere , who in 1963 became the first Duke of Sutherland from the Egerton family, by Allan Warren
Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton (1832–1909)
Egerton plaques in the south transept of Chester Cathedral : a memorial to family members killed during the war (top) and a memorial to Vice-Admiral Wion Egerton (below)
Rowland Egerton-Warburton (1804–1891)