Wilbraham Egerton

January 17, 1832 (age 77)

He sat in the House of Commons from 1858 to 1883 when he inherited his peerage and was elevated to the House of Lords. He was a Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and a captain in the Earl of Chester"s Yeomanry Cavalry. He was then elected Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire and held the seat until 1883, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Egerton. He was the second Chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal from 1887 to 1894. In 1897, he was created Earl Egerton. He died at the age of 77. Egerton married Lady Mary Amherst, the only daughter of the 2nd Earl Amherst on 15 October 1857. They had one child, Lady Gertrude Lucia Egerton, who later married the future 8th Earl of Albemarle.

Wilbraham Egerton

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Background

Egerton was the only son of the 1st Baron Egerton and his wife Lady Charlotte Loftus eldest daughter of the Marquis of Ely.

Education

He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

Career

He sat in the House of Commons from 1858 to 1883 when he inherited his peerage and was elevated to the House of Lords. He was a Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and a captain in the Earl of Chester"s Yeomanry Cavalry. He was then elected Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire and held the seat until 1883, when he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Egerton.

He was the second Chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal from 1887 to 1894.

In 1897, he was created Earl Egerton. He died at the age of 77.

Egerton married Lady Mary Amherst, the only daughter of the 2nd Earl Amherst on 15 October 1857. They had one child, Lady Gertrude Lucia Egerton, who later married the future 8th Earl of Albemarle.

Membership

17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament. 19th United Kingdom Parliament.

20th United Kingdom Parliament.

21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]

In 1858 Egerton was elected Member of Parliament for North Cheshire and held the seat until it was reorganised in 1868.

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