Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton

[1] Egerton was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Lancashire at a by-election on 4 February 1772.

In 1778 he raised a regiment of foot at Manchester to serve in the American War.

Egerton was listed as a subscriber to the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal navigation in 1791.

He had no male issue so the title of Baron Grey de Wilton became extinct as he had no sons, while the Baronetcy passed to a distant relative Sir John Grey Egerton, 8th Baronet.

He was succeeded in the Viscountcy and Earldom, according to the special remainder, by his grandson Thomas Grosvenor Egerton.