Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley

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Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley (1540 – 1617) was an English nobleman who served as Member of Parliament for Cheshire.

The illegitimate son of Sir Richard Egerton of Cheshire, he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He was universally known as Lord Chancellor Ellesmere, receiving that title in 1603. He resigned from many offices, a few weeks before his death, and was promised the Earldom of Bridgewater, but did not live to receive it. He had been created Baron Ellesmere on 21 July 1603, and Viscount Brackley on 7 November 1616.

Legal Offices
Preceded by Sir John Popham	Solicitor General for England and Wales 1581–1592	Succeeded by Sir Edward Coke
	Attorney General for England and Wales 1592–1594
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Gilbert Gerrard	Master of the Rolls 1594–1603	Succeeded by The Earl of Elgin
Preceded by Sir John Puckering	Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1596–1617	Succeeded by Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam
Preceded by 'In Commission (First Lord: The Earl of Northampton)'	First Lord of the Treasury 1613–1614	Succeeded by 'The Earl of Suffolk (Lord High Treasurer)'
Parliament of England
Preceded by George Calveley William Booth	Member for Cheshire with Hugh Cholmondeley 1584–1586, John Savage 1586–1587 1584–1587	Succeeded by John Savage Sir George Beeston
Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Earl of Leicester	Custos Rotulorum of Denbighshire bef. 1594–1596	Succeeded by Roger Puleston
	Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire bef. 1594–1596	Succeeded by Thomas Ravenscroft
Preceded by Unknown	Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1607–1616	Succeeded by The Duke of Buckingham
Peerage of England
Preceded by New Creation	Viscount Brackley 1616–1617	Succeeded by The Earl of Bridgewater
	Baron Ellesmere 1603–1617