Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton (17 January 1832 – 16 March 1909) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1858 to 1883 when he inherited his peerage and was elevated to the House of Lords.
Egerton was the only son of the 1st Baron Egerton and his wife Lady Charlotte Loftus eldest daughter of the Marquis of Ely. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and a captain in the Earl of Chester's Yeomanry Cavalry.[1]
In 1858 Egerton was elected Member of Parliament for North Cheshire and held the seat until it was reorganised in 1868. He was then elected MP for Mid Cheshire and held the seat until 1883,[2] when he succeeded to his father's title of Baron Egerton. He was the second Chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal from 1887 to 1894. In 1897, he was created Earl Egerton.
Egerton 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. His first wife died in 1892 and on 8 August 1894, Lord Egerton married Alice Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, the widow of the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Egerton George Cornwall Legh |
Member of Parliament for North Cheshire 1858–1868 With: George Cornwall Legh |
Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire 1868–1883 With: George Cornwall Legh 1868–1873 Egerton Legh 1873–1876 Piers Egerton-Warburton 1876–1883 |
Succeeded by Piers Egerton-Warburton Hon. Alan Egerton |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Duke of Westminster |
Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire 1900–1905 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Westminster |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New title | Earl Egerton 1897–1909 |
Extinct |
| Preceded by William Egerton |
Baron Egerton 1883–1909 |
Succeeded by Alan Egerton |