Samuel Egerton

Samuel Egerton (28 December 1711 – 10 February 1780) was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1780.

Samuel Egerton was born on 28 December 1711 at the family home, Tatton Park in Cheshire.

As the second son of the family, and not the heir to the estate, he travelled to Italy, where from 1730 to 1735 he was an apprentice to the art-dealer and connoisseur Joseph Smith in Venice.

In 1738, Egerton became master of Tatton Park on the early death of his elder brother.

[1] In 1758, Egerton inherited a vast legacy from his uncle, Samuel Hill, and was then able to invest in improvements to Tatton Park.