Robert Eyles Egerton

Sir Robert Eyles Egerton during the Second Anglo-Afghan War

Sir Robert Eyles Egerton KCSI CIE (15 April 1827 – 30 September 1912) was a British colonial official who served as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab.

A member of the Egerton family, he was the youngest son of William Egerton who was the third son of Philip Egerton (father of the eighth and ninth baronets). Egerton was an aide to the lieutenant governor of the Punjab Province, Sir Henry Davies (1824–1902), before being appointed to the position himself in 1877.

Egerton's son Sir Raleigh Egerton (1860–1931) was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army.

References

"Obituary – Sir Robert Egerton". The Times. London. 2 October 1912. p. 11.

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