William Egerton (c.1730– 26 May 1783), was a British soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780.
Henry Egerton, Bishop of Hereford and his wife Lady Elizabeth Bentinck, daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland and educated at Eton College from 1742 to 1745.
He served in the army and was sub-brigadier 2nd Troop of Horse Guards in 1755.
[1] In the 1768 general election Egerton was returned as Member of Parliament for Brackley on the Bridgwater interest.
He was lieutenant governor of the Scilly Isles from 1776 until his retirement from the army in 1779.