Background
Egmont was the third but eldest surviving son of Charles Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden, eldest son of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, by his second wife Catherine, Baroness Arden.
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Egmont left Harrow school and was commissioned into the Royal Navy as a powder monkey in August 1805 and fought in the H. M. South. Orion in the Battle of Trafalgar the same year, aged eleven. During the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816 he commanded the H. M. South. Infernal. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1851, to Vice-Admiral in 1857 and to Admiral in 1863.
Egmont was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Surrey West in 1837, a seat he held until 1840.
The latter year he succeeded his father in the barony of Arden and entered the House of Lords. Lord Egmont married Jane, daughter of John Hornby, in 1819.
They had no children. Lady Egmont died in October 1870.
Lord Egmont survived her by four years and died in August 1874, aged 80.
Membership
13th United Kingdom Parliament.
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Political Party
Conservative Party