Grey Egerton Baronets
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The Grey Egerton Baronetcy, of Egerton and Oulton in the County of Chester, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created in 1617 for Rowland Egerton. He later represented Wootton Bassett in Parliament. Egerton married Bridget, sister and co-heir of Thomas Grey, 15th Baron Grey de Wilton, who was attainted in 1603 with his title forfeited. In 1784 the seventh Baronet was created Baron Grey de Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County Hereford, in the Peerage of Great Britain, a revival of the title held by his ancestors. The peerage was created with remainder to the heirs male of his body. In 1801 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Grey de Wilton and Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County of Hereford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. These titles were created with remainder to the second and the younger sons successively of his daughter Lady Eleanor, wife of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster. On Lord Wilton's death in 1814 the Barony became extinct as he had no sons while he was succeeded in the Viscountcy and Earldom according to the special remainder by his grandson, the second Earl (see the Earl of Wilton for the later history of these titles). The Baronetcy passed to his kinsman, the eighth Baronet, a descendant of a younger son of the first Baronet. He represented Chester in the House of Commons. The ninth Baronet was in 1825 granted by Royal Warrant, along with all subsequent Baronets on succeeding to the title, the right to assume for themselves only the additional surname of Grey and the arms and supporters of Grey de Wilton. The tenth Baronet was a noted palaeontologist.
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[edit] Grey Egerton Baronets, of Egerton and Oulton (1617)
- Sir Rowland Egerton, 1st Baronet (d. 1646)
- Sir John Egerton, 2nd Baronet (d. 1674)
- Sir John Egerton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1658-1729)
- Sir Holland Egerton, 4th Baronet (c. 1689-1730)
- Sir Edward Egerton, 5th Baronet (c. 1719-1744)
- Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, 6th Baronet (c. 1721-1756)
- Sir Thomas Egerton, 7th Baronet (1749-1814) (created Earl of Wilton in 1801)
[edit] Earls of Wilton (1801)
[edit] Grey Egerton Baronets, of Egerton and Oulton (1617; Reverted)
- Sir John Grey Egerton, 8th Baronet (1766-1825)
- Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet (1767-1829)
- Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet (1806-1881)
- Sir Philip le Belward Grey-Egerton, 11th Baronet (1833-1891)
- Sir Philip Henry Brian Grey-Egerton, 12th Baronet (1864-1937)
- Sir Brooke de Malpas Grey Egerton, 13th Baronet (1845-1945)
- Sir Philip Reginald le Belward Grey-Egerton, 14th Baronet (1885-1962)
- Sir Philip John Caledon Grey Egerton, 15th Baronet (b. 1920)
