John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgewater
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John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgwater (29 April 1727 – 26 February 1748),[1] 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.[2] His older brothers having predeceased him, he succeeded his father as duke in 1745.[3]
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.[2] He was unmarried and was succeeded in his titles by his younger and only surviving brother Lord Francis Egerton.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Doyle, James Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England. vol. I. London: Longmans, Green & Co.. pp. 227.
- ^ a b 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.. pp. 314.
- ^ Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. I (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 102.
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| Preceded by Scroop Egerton |
Duke of Bridgewater 1745–1748 |
Succeeded by Francis Egerton |
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