John Perceval, 4th Earl of Egmont

[2] After his grandmother died in 1752, his grandfather married Catherine Compton (sister of the 7th and 8th Earls of Northampton), with whom he had another three sons and six daughters.

[2] His maternal grandparents were Lord Nassau Powlett (son of the 2nd Duke of Bolton and Henrietta Crofts, herself a granddaughter of King Charles II) and Lady Isabella Tufton (a daughter of the 6th Earl of Thanet).

[2] With the support of his father, he contested Bridgwater constituency, as Viscount Perceval, in the 1790 election in opposition to the Government.

Broadmead, a solicitor with shares in the Parrett Navigation Company and the Ivelchester and Langport Navigation, demolished a large portion of the building the following year, converting the remaining parts of the building into a three-storeyed house.

[4][5] On 10 March 1792, the then Viscount Perceval married Bridget Wynn, daughter of Lt.-Col. Glyn Wynn, MP for Caernarfon, and Bridget Pugh (a daughter of Edward Philip Pugh of Penrhyn-Creuddyn).