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John Egerton

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John Egerton; KB, PC
1st Earl of Bridgewater
Reign	1617–1649
Successor	John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater
Born	1579
Died	4 December 1649
Buried	Little Gaddesden
Noble family	Egerton
Spouse(s)	Lady Frances Stanley
Issue	Lady Elizabeth Egerton; Lady Mary Egerton; Lady Frances Hobart; Alice Vaughan, Countess of Carbery; Lady Arabella Egerton; James Egerton, Viscount Brackley; Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley ; John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater
Father	Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
Mother	Elizabeth Ravenscroft

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John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, KB, PC (1579 – 4 December 1649), was an English peer and politician from the Egerton family.

The son of Sir Thomas Egerton and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, he matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1589 at the age of 10, graduating as Bachelor of Arts in 1594.^[2]

Egerton served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Callington from 1597 to 1598, and for Shropshire in 1601. Knighted on 8 April 1599, he was Baron of the Exchequer of Chester from 1599 to 1605. In 1603, Sir Thomas was promoted Knight of the Bath and, in 1605, he proceeded Master of Arts from the University of Oxford. Having succeeded to his father's titles in March 1617, he was created Earl of Bridgewater on 27 May 1617.

Lord Bridgewater was sworn of the Privy Council in 1626. From 1605 to 1646, he was Custos Rotulorum of Shropshire and from 1628 to 1649 Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire. Between 1631 and 1634, he was Lord President of Wales and Lord Lieutenant of Wales and the Marches of Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire.

John Milton's Comus celebrates his installation as Lord President of Wales. Lord Bridgewater died intestate and was buried at Little Gaddesden.

The 1st Earl of Bridgewater is commemorated by a memorial in the Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire. In the early 17th century, the 1st Earl's father purchased Ashridge House, one of the largest country houses in England, from Queen Elizabeth I, who inherited it from her father who had appropriated it after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. Ashridge House remained an Egerton family residence until the 19th century. The Egertons later built a domestic chapel with burial vault at Little Gaddesden Church,^[3] where many monuments commemorate the Dukes and Earls of Bridgewater and their relatives.^[4] Lord Bridgewater died on 4 December 1649.

Family

On 27 June 1602,^[5] Egerton married Lady Frances Stanley, daughter of Ferdinando, 5th Earl of Derby and Lady Alice Spencer, Lord Bridgewater's step-mother (after Ferdinando Stanley's death, on 20 October 1600,^[6] Lady Alice had married John's father Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley). John and Frances had eight children:

Lady Elizabeth Egerton (d. 1688), married David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter
Lady Mary Egerton (d. 1659), married Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury
Lady Frances Egerton (d.1664), married Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet^[7]
Lady Alice Egerton (d. 1689), married Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery as his third wife.
Lady Arabella Egerton (d. 1669), married Oliver St John, 5th Baron St John of Bletso
James Egerton, Viscount Brackley (1616–1620), died young
Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley (b. 1623), died young
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater (1623–1686)

References

^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1077, Duke of Sutherland
^ The Brasenose College Register 1509-1909. 1909. p. 75.
^ Bridgewater Chapel at Little Gaddesden Church, accessed 24 July 2015
^ Monuments in the Bridgewater Chapel, accessed 24 July 2015
^ Burke's 106th edition, p.1233, has his marriage as being in circa 1601
^ Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 272.
^ Allen, Elizabeth (23 September 2004). "Hobart [née Egerton], Lady Frances (1603–1664), religious patron and benefactor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66725. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

General

Lundy, Darryl. "p. 1388 § 13880". The Peerage. Retrieved 12 February 2007.^{[unreliable source]}

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-[[File:John-Egerton1.jpg|thumb|John Egerton]]
-[[File:Egerton family COA (Dukes of Bridgewater, Dukes of Sutherland).svg|thumb|Arms of Egerton: ''Argent, a lion rampant gules between three [[pheon]]s sable''<ref>Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1077, Duke of Sutherland</ref>]]
-[[File:The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Little Gaddesden - geograph.org.uk - 1550838.jpg|thumb|The Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, [[Little Gaddesden]], where many [[Egerton family]] members are buried]]
-'''John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater''' [[Order of the Bath|KB]], [[Privy Council of England|PC]] (1579&nbsp;– 4 December 1649) was an [[England|English]] peer and politician from the [[Egerton family]].
+{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
-The son of the [[Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley]] and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, he was a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Callington (UK Parliament constituency)|Callington]] from 1597 to 1598, and for [[Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Shropshire]] in 1601. Knighted on 8 April 1599, he was [[Baron of the Exchequer|Baron]] of the [[Exchequer of Chester]] from 1599 to 1605. In 1603, Egerton was appointed a [[Knight]] of the [[Order of Bath]] and in 1605, he received a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|Master of Arts]] from the [[University of Oxford]]. Having succeeded to his father's titles in March 1617, he was created '''Earl of Bridgewater''' on 27 May 1617.
+{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
+[[File:Egerton family COA (Dukes of Bridgewater, Dukes of Sutherland).svg|thumb|130px|Egerton arms: ''Argent a lion rampant gules between three [[pheon]]s sable''<ref>''Debrett's Peerage'', 1968, p.1077, Duke of Sutherland</ref>]]
+[[File:The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul at Little Gaddesden - geograph.org.uk - 1550838.jpg|thumb|250px|The Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, [[Little Gaddesden]], where many [[Egerton family]] members are buried]]
+'''John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater''', [[Order of the Bath|KB]], [[Privy Council of England|PC]] (1579&nbsp;– 4 December 1649), was an [[England|English]] peer and politician from the [[Egerton family]].
+The son of [[Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley|Sir Thomas Egerton]] and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, he matriculated at [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] in 1589 at the age of 10, graduating as Bachelor of Arts in 1594.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Brasenose College Register 1509-1909|year=1909|page=75}}</ref>
-Egerton was sworn of the [[Privy Council]] in 1626. From 1605 to 1646, he was [[Custos Rotulorum of Shropshire]] and from 1628 to 1649 [[Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire]]. Between 1631 and 1642, he was [[Lord President of Wales]] and [[Lord Lieutenant of Wales]] and the Marches of [[Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire|Herefordshire]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire|Monmouthshire]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire|Shropshire]] and [[Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire|Worcestershire]].
+Egerton served as [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Callington (UK Parliament constituency)|Callington]] from 1597 to 1598, and for [[Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Shropshire]] in 1601. [[Knight]]ed on 8 April 1599, he was [[Baron of the Exchequer|Baron]] of the [[Exchequer of Chester]] from 1599 to 1605. In 1603, Sir Thomas was promoted [[Order of the Bath|Knight of the Bath]] and, in 1605, he proceeded [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|Master of Arts]] from the [[University of Oxford]]. Having succeeded to his father's [[Hereditary peerage|title]]s in March 1617, he was created '''Earl of Bridgewater''' on 27 May 1617.
-John Milton's ''[[Comus (John Milton)|Comus]]'' celebrates the installation of Egerton, as Lord President of Wales. Egerton died [[intestate]] and was buried in [[Little Gaddesden]].
+Lord Bridgewater was sworn of the [[Privy Council]] in 1626. From 1605 to 1646, he was [[Custos Rotulorum of Shropshire]] and from 1628 to 1649 [[Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire]].  Between 1631 and 1634, he was [[Lord President of Wales]] and [[Lord Lieutenant of Wales]] and the Marches of [[Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire|Herefordshire]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire|Monmouthshire]], [[Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire|Shropshire]] and [[Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire|Worcestershire]].
-The 1st Earl of Bridgewater is commemorated by a memorial at the Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, [[Little Gaddesden]], [[Hertfordshire]]. In the early 17th century, the 1st Earl's father had purchased [[Ashridge#Ashridge House|Ashridge House]], one of the largest [[English country houses|country houses]] in England, from Queen Elizabeth I, who had inherited it from her father who had appropriated it after the dissolution of the monastries in 1539. Ashridge House served the Egerton family as a residence until the 19th century. The Egertons later had a family chapel with burial vault in Little Gaddesden Church,<ref>[http://www.littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk/Bridgewater_Chapel.html Bridgewater Chapel at Little Gaddesden Church], accessed 24 July 2015</ref> where many monuments commemorate the [[Earl of Bridgewater|Dukes and Earls of Bridgewater]] and their families.<ref>[http://www.littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk/Monuments_1.html Monuments in the Bridgewater Chapel], accessed 24 July 2015</ref>
+John Milton's ''[[Comus (John Milton)|Comus]]'' celebrates his installation as Lord President of Wales. Lord Bridgewater died [[intestate]] and was buried at [[Little Gaddesden]].
+The 1st Earl of Bridgewater is commemorated by a memorial in the Bridgewater Chapel at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, [[Little Gaddesden]], [[Hertfordshire]].  In the early 17th century, the 1st Earl's father purchased [[Ashridge#Ashridge House|Ashridge House]], one of the largest [[English country houses|country houses]] in England, from Queen Elizabeth I, who inherited it from her father who had appropriated it after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.  Ashridge House remained an [[Egerton family]] residence until the 19th century.  The Egertons later built a [[Proprietary chapel|domestic chapel]] with [[Mausoleum|burial vault]] at Little Gaddesden Church,<ref>[http://www.littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk/Bridgewater_Chapel.html Bridgewater Chapel at Little Gaddesden Church], accessed 24 July 2015</ref> where many monuments commemorate the [[Earl of Bridgewater|Dukes and Earls of Bridgewater]] and their relatives.<ref>[http://www.littlegaddesdenchurch.org.uk/Monuments_1.html Monuments in the Bridgewater Chapel], accessed 24 July 2015</ref> Lord Bridgewater died on 4 December 1649.
 ==Family==
-On 27 June 1602, Egerton married Lady Frances Stanley, daughter of the [[Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby]] and Lady [[Alice Spencer]]. Coincidentally, Frances's mother Alice married, after the death of Ferdinando Stanley, on 20 October 1600,<ref>Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 272.</ref> John's father Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley. John and Frances had eight children:
+On 27 June 1602,<ref>Burke's 106th edition, p.1233, has his marriage as being in circa 1601</ref> Egerton married Lady Frances Stanley, daughter of [[Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby|Ferdinando, 5th Earl of Derby]] and [[Lady]] [[Alice Spencer]], Lord Bridgewater's step-mother (after Ferdinando Stanley's death, on 20 October 1600,<ref>Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 272.</ref> Lady Alice had married John's father Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley). John and Frances had eight children:
 *Lady Elizabeth Egerton (d. 1688), married [[David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter]]
 *Lady Mary Egerton (d. 1659), married [[Richard Herbert, 2nd Baron Herbert of Chirbury]]
+*[[Frances Hobart|Lady Frances Egerton]] (d.1664), married [[Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet]]<ref>{{Cite ODNB |last=Allen |first=Elizabeth |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-66725 |title=Hobart [née Egerton], Lady Frances (1603–1664), religious patron and benefactor |date=2004-09-23 |volume=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/66725|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}</ref>
-*Lady Frances Egerton (d.1664), married [[Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet]]
-*Lady Alice Egerton  (d. 1689), married [[Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery]] as his third wife.
+*[[Alice Vaughan, Countess of Carbery|Lady Alice Egerton]] (d. 1689), married [[Richard Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery]] as his third wife.
 *Lady Arabella Egerton (d. 1669), married [[Oliver St John, 5th Baron St John of Bletso]]
 *James Egerton, Viscount Brackley (1616–1620), died young
-*Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley  (b. 1623), died young
+*Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley  (b.&nbsp;1623), died young
 *[[John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater]] (1623–1686)
-== Notes ==
+== References ==
 {{Reflist|2}}
+;General
-== References ==
-*{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p1388.htm#i13880 |title=p. 1388 §  13880 |publisher=The Peerage|accessdate=12 February 2007}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=February 2013}}<!--Lundy is not a reliable source so cite Lundy's reliable source See [[WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT]]-->
+*{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p1388.htm#i13880 |title=p. 1388 § 13880 |publisher=The Peerage|access-date=12 February 2007}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y |date=February 2013}}
 ==Further reading==
-* [http://cjhistory.synergiesprairies.ca/cjhistory/index.php/cjhistory/article/download/2519/2475 The Earl of Bridgewater and the English Civil War] C L Hamilton, Canadian Journal of History, xv (1980), pp.&nbsp;357–69
+* [https://archive.today/20130115170433/http://cjhistory.synergiesprairies.ca/cjhistory/index.php/cjhistory/article/download/2519/2475 The Earl of Bridgewater and the English Civil War] C L Hamilton, Canadian Journal of History, xv (1980), pp.&nbsp;357–69
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Political offices
Preceded by Sir Richard Leveson	Custos Rotulorum of Shropshire 1605–1646	Vacant English Interregnum
Preceded by The Duke of Buckingham	Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire 1628–1649
Preceded by The Earl of Northampton	Lord President of Wales, Lord Lieutenant of Wales, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire 1631–1642
Peerage of England
New creation	Earl of Bridgewater 2nd creation 1617–1649	Succeeded by John Egerton
Preceded by Thomas Egerton	Viscount Brackley 1617–1649	Succeeded by John Egerton

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