Charles Egerton (MP for Brackley)

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

Charles Egerton (12 March 1654 – 11 December 1717) was an English Member of Parliament. [2]

He was a younger son of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgwater and educated in the law at the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn.

Egerton represented Brackley, Northamptonshire from 1695 to 1711. He was unseated on petition in favour of John Burgh, 27 Jan 1711.

He died 11 December 1717, aged 63. He had married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Henry Murray, Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles I and widow of Randolph Egerton of Betley, Staffordshire. They had one son.

References

  1. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1077, Duke of Sutherland
  2. ↑ "EGERTON, Hon. Charles (1654-1717).". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 13 July 2016.


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