Portrait of John Edgerton 2nd Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater PC (30 May 1623 – 26 October 1686) was an

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nobleman from the

Egerton family The Egerton family (pronunciation: "''edge-er-ton''") is a British aristocratic family. Over time, several members of the Egerton family were made Dukes, Earls, knights, baronets and peers. Hereditary titles held by the Egerton family include t ...

Life

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgwater by Peter Lely, 1665

He was a son of

John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater 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 Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, he matriculated at Brasenose ...

and his wife Lady Frances Stanley. His maternal grandparents were

Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (1559 – 16 April 1594), was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, and Lady Margaret Clifford. Ferdinando had a place in the line of succession to Eliza ...

and his wife Alice Spencer. According to the Will of King Henry VIII, his mother, at one time, was second-in-line to inherit England's throne. However, Lady Frances Stanley's older sister, Anne Stanley, Countess of Castlehaven, was passed over for King James VI of Scotland. He served as

Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. The only exception to this was the English Civil War and English Interregnum between 1643 and 1660 when there wa ...

(1660–1686), Cheshire (1670–1676),

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(1670–1676), and Hertfordshire (1681–1686), in addition to being invested as a Privy Councillor in 1679. He was buried in

Little Gaddesden Little Gaddesden (pronounced ) is a village and civil parish in the borough of Dacorum, Hertfordshire north of Berkhamsted. As well as Little Gaddesden village (population 694), the parish contains the settlements of Ashridge (population 53), H ...

, Hertfordshire.

Family

In 1641, Egerton married Elizabeth Cavendish (1626–1663), a daughter of

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, KB, PC (25 December 1676) was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, and the intellectual gr ...

and his first wife Elizabeth Basset. Their children included: *

John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater KB PC (9 November 1646 – 19 March 1701) was a British nobleman from the Egerton family. He was the eldest son of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Elizabeth Cavendish. His maternal gran ...

(9 November 1646 – 19 March 1701) *William Egerton (born 15 August 1649), who married Honora Leigh *Thomas Egerton of

Tatton Park Tatton Park is an historic estate in Cheshire, England, north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall, a medieval manor house, Tatton Old Hall, Tatton Park Gardens, a farm and a deer park of . It is a popular visitor attr ...

, ancestor of the Barons and Earls Egerton *Two other sons * Charles Egerton *Elizabeth Egerton (24 August 1653 - 1709), who married Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester *Two other daughters.Patrick Cracroft-Brennan
Bridgewater, Earl of (E, 1617 - 1829)
in ''Cracroft's Peerage''. Accessed 15 June 2014.

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