The Honourable

The Honourable

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 Algernon Fulke Egerton (31 December 1825-14 July 1891), known as Algernon Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British Conservative

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 politician.

Background

Egerton was the third son of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG, PC , known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts...

, younger son of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland KG, PC , known as Viscount Trentham from 1758 to 1786, as Earl Gower from 1786 to 1803 and as The Marquess of Stafford from 1803 to 1833, was a British politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of the arts. He is estimated to have been the...

. His mother was Harriet Catherine, daughter of Charles Greville, while George Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere

George Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere

George Granville Francis Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere was a British peer and Conservative politician, known as Viscount Brackley from 1846–57....

, and the Honourable Francis Egerton were his elder brothers.

Political career

Egerton entered the House of Commons

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 for Lancashire South

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 in 1859, a seat he held until 1868, and then represented Lancashire South-East

South East Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1868 to 1880 and Wigan

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 from 1882 to 1885. He held office under Benjamin Disraeli as Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty from 1874 to 1880.

Family

Egerton married Alice Louisa, daughter of Lord George Cavendish, in 1863. They had two sons and seven daughters:

• Margaret Louisa Egerton (d. October 1950) married George Chichester May (d. 3 November 1924) on 10 October 1901.
• Blanche Susan Egerton (d. 1 November 1940).
• Sybil Mary Egerton (d. 27 August 1873).
• Mary Florence Egerton.
• Evelyn Harriet Egerton (d. 3 November 1964).
• Katherine Alice Egerton (1867 - 13 December 1962).
• George Algernon Egerton (1 December 1870 - 13 May 1915).
• Violet Ellinor Egerton (1873 - 6 March 1968) married Frederick Walter Stephenson (d. 19 May 1944) on 27 January 1914.
• Ralph Greville Egerton (27 November 1876 - 9 January 1877).

Egerton died in July 1891, aged 65. His wife survived him by fourteen years and died in March 1905.

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