Piers Egerton-Warburton (22 May 1839 – 24 March 1914) was an English
Conservative
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politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1876 to 1885.
Egerton-Warburton was the eldest son of
Rowland Eyles Egerton and his wife, Mary Brooke, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Baronet. His father assumed the additional surname Warburton on inheriting estates of his grand uncle Sir Peter Warburton. Egerton-Warburton was educated at
Eton College
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followed by
Christ Church, Oxford (
BA, 1861). He was a captain in the Earl of Chester's Yeomanry Cavalry and a
Magistrate
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for Cheshire.
[Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]
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In 1876 Egerton-Warburton was elected Member of Parliament
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for Mid Cheshire. He held the seat until 1885.
Personal life
Egerton-Warburton married Hon. Antoinette Elizabeth Saumarez, daughter of John St Vincent Saumarez, 3rd Baron de Saumarez in 1880.[ They had two sons and four daughters:]Mark Carpenter-Garnier
The Rt Rev Mark Rodolph Carpenter-Garnier (1 January 1881 – 11 October 1969) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.
Born in Wickham, Hampshire''1911 England Census'' on New Year's Day, he was the third son of John ...
*Capt John Egerton-Warburton (13 December 1883 – 30 August 1915), married Hon. Lettice Legh, daughter of 2nd Baron Newton and died of wounds in First World War
* Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton (18 February 1888 – 1 August 1961), married Hon. Georgiana Mary Dormer , daughter of the 14th Baron Dormer; father of Peter Egerton-Warburton
Colonel Peter Egerton-Warburton (16 August 1813 – 5 November 1889), often referred to as Major Warburton, was a British military officer, Commissioner of Police for South Australia, and an Australian explorer. In 1872 he sealed his legacy th ...
*Margery Antoinette Egerton-Warburton (17 November 1890 – 15 July 1963), died unmarried
*Lettice Egerton-Warburton (22 July 1894 – 27 July 1983), died unmarried
Egerton-Warburton lived at Arley Hall
Arley Hall is a country house in the village of Arley, Cheshire, England, about south of Lymm and north of Northwich. It is home to the owner, Viscount Ashbrook, and his family. The house is a Grade II* listed building, as is its adja ...
near Northwich, where he died at the age of 74.
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1839 births
1914 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1880–1885
UK MPs 1874–1880
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