John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgewater

Arms of Egerton: Argent, a lion rampant gules between three pheons sable[1]

John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgwater (29 April 1727 – 26 February 1748),[2] known as Lord John Egerton until 1731 and as Marquess of Brackley from 1731 to 1745, was a British peer.

Egerton was the fourth son of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater and his second wife Lady Rachael Russell, daughter of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford.[3] His older brothers having predeceased him, he succeeded his father as duke in 1745.[4]

Only three years later Egerton died intestate, aged only 20, from a fever and was buried in Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire on 4 March 1748.[3] He was unmarried and was succeeded in his titles by his younger and only surviving brother Lord Francis Egerton.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1077, Duke of Sutherland
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Doyle, James Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. vol. I. London: Longmans, Green & Co. p. 227.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cokayne, George Edward (1912). Vicary Gibbs, ed. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. vol. II. London: The St Catherine Press Ltd. p. 314.
  4. ↑ Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. I (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 102.
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Scroop Egerton		 Duke of Bridgewater
1745–1748 		Succeeded by
Francis Egerton