Background
Egerton was the son of Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet and his wife Rebecca Du Pre, daughter of Josias Du Pre of Wilton Park, Beaconsfield. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1829.
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Philip Egerton
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He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor in 1828.
Career
He sat in the House of Commons variously between 1830 and 1881. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831, and was a trustee of the British Museum. When it was first established in 1834 he became a trustee of the Senate of London University.
While travelling in Switzerland with Lord Cole (later to be 3rd earl of Enniskillen) they were introduced to Professor
L Agassiz at Neufchâtel, and determined to make a special study of fossil fish. During the course of fifty years they gradually gathered together two of the largest and finest of private collections—that of Sir Philip Grey Egerton being at Oulton Park, Tarporley, Cheshire.
Egerton described the structure and affinities of numerous species in the publications of the Geological Society of London, the Geological Magazine and the Decades of the Geological Survey. And in recognition of his services the Wollaston medal was awarded to him in 1873 by the Geological Society.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (Federal Reserve System).
Egerton was a prominent local dignitary, as Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire and Justice of the Peace for the county. He held the post in the militia as Lieutenant Colonel in the Cheshire Yeoman Cavalry. He stood unsuccessfully at Cheshire South in 1832 but was elected in 1835 and held the seat until 1868.
He was elected Member of Parliament for West Cheshire from 1868 until his death in London on 5 April 1881.
Egerton"s collection of fossil fishes is now in the British Museum. He is commemorated in the scientific name of the rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni).
Sir Philip le Belward Grey-Egerton, 11 Bt (1833-1891), married Henrietta, daughter of Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough
Lieutenant-Colonel Rowland Grey-Egerton (1838-1923), died unmarried
Anna Mary Elizabeth Grey-Egerton ( -1927), married Henry Reginald Corbet
Cecily Louisa Grey-Egerton ( -1920), married Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk.
Politics
Conservative Party, Tories.
Membership
Royal Society; 9th United Kingdom Parliament. 12th United Kingdom Parliament. 13th United Kingdom Parliament.
14th United Kingdom Parliament.
15th United Kingdom Parliament. 16th United Kingdom Parliament.
17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament.
19th United Kingdom Parliament.
20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
He was also a member of Grillion"s Club, and compiled a history of the club"s first fifty years in a book: "Grillion"s Club: From Its Origin in 1812 To Its Fiftieth Anniversary", published in 1880.
He was elected Member of Parliament for the city of Chester in 1830 but lost the seat in 1831.
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Political Party
Conservative Party