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Families covered: Egerton of Brackley, Egerton of Bridgewater (Bridgwater), Egerton of Tatton Park

                               
Sir Thomas Egerton, Chancellor of England, 1st Viscount Brackley (b 1540, d 15.03.1616-7)
m1. (before 1576) Elizabeth Ravenscroft (d 1588, dau of Thomas Ravenscroft of Bretton by Catharine, dau of Richard Grosvenor of Eaton)
1. Sir Thomas Egerton (b c1574, dvp 23.08.1599)
  m. Elizabeth Venables (dau of Thomas Venables of Kinderton)
  A. Elizabeth Egerton
  m. John Dutton (d 1611, son of Thomas of Dutton)
  B. Mary Egerton (bur 21.03.1669)
  m. (11.11.1610) Sir Thomas Leigh, Sheriff of Warwickshire, 1st Lord of Stoneleigh (b 1595, d 22.02.1671)
  C. Vere Egerton
  m. (05.1619) William Booth, younger of Dunham (dvp 26.04.1636)
2. John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater or Bridgwater (b c1579, d 04.12.1649)
  m. (c1601) Frances Stanley (b 05.1583, d 11.03.1635/6, dau of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby)
  A. John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater (d 26.12.1686, 3rd son)
  m. Elizabeth Cavendish (dau of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle)
  i. John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (b 09.11.1646, d 19.03.1700-1)
  m1. Elizabeth Cranfield (dau of James Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex)
a.+ other issue - John (b 11.01.1668, d 31.03.1670), daughter (d infant)
  m2. (02.04.1673) Jane Paulet (d 22.03.1714/23.05.1716, dau of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton)
  c. Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley (b 07.05.1675, d 04.1687)
  d. Thomas Egerton (b 15.08.1679, d 04.1687)
  e. Scroope Egerton, 4th Earl, 1st Duke of Bridgewater (b 11.08.1681, d 11.01.1745)
  m1. (09.02.1703) Elizabeth Churchill (d 22.03.1713-4, dau of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough)
  (1) Anne Egerton (d 16.06.1762/15.04.1763)
  m1. (22.04.1725) Wriothesley Russell, 3rd Duke of Bedford (b 25.05.1708, dsp 23.10.1732)
  m2. (23.06.1733) William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey (d 28.08.1769)
  m2. (04.08.1722) Rachel Russell (d 22.05.1777, dau of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford)
  (2) Charles Egerton, Marquess of Brackley (b 27.07.1725, d 02.05.1731)
  (3) John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgewater, 5th Earl (d unm 1748)
(4) William Egerton (b 15.01.1728-9, d 10.02.1728-9)
  (5) Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 6th Earl (b 21.05.1736, d unm 09.03.1803)
  (6) Louisa Egerton (b 30.04.1723, d 14.03.1761)
  m. (28.03.1748) Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (b 04.08.1721, d 26.10.1803)
  (7) Caroline Egerton (b 21.05.1724, d unm)
  (8) Diana Egerton (b 03.03.1731/2, d 13.08.1758)
  m. (09.03.1753) Frederick Calvert, 6th Lord Baltimore (b 06.02.1731-2, dsp 04.09.1771)
f. Henry Egerton, Bishop of Hereford (d 01.04.1746)
  m. (18.12.1720) Elizabeth Ariana Bentinck (d 1765, dau of William Bentinck, Earl of Portland)
  (1) John Egerton, Bishop of Durham (b 30.11.1721, d 18.6.1787)
  m1. (21.11.1748) Anne Sophia Grey (d 24.03.1780, dau of Henry Grey, Duke of Kent)
  (A) John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater (b 17.04.1753, dsp 21.10.1823, Lt. General)
  m. (14.01.1783) Charlotte Catherine Anne Haynes (dau of Samuel Haynes)
  (B) Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (dsp 11.02.1829)
  (C) Amelia Egerton
m. Sir Abraham Hume, Bart of Wormleybury
  m2. (31.03.1782) Mary Boughton (sister of Sir Edward Boughton)
  (2) William Egerton (d 26.03.1783, Lt. Col, MP)
  m. Mary Kirke (dau of Robert Kirke)
  (A) Ariana Margaret Egerton
  (B) Elizabeth Egerton
  m. (19.02.1783) Charles Benjamin Saladin of Cank
  (C) Isabella Frances Egerton
  m. (1784) Richard Master, Governor of Tobago
  (3)+ other issue - Henry (dsp), Charles (d 13.05.1793, Lt. Col), Francis (dsp), Anne (d unm)
  g. John Egerton (d unm)
  h. Charles Egerton (d 07.11.1725)
  m. Catharine (d 07.1735, sister of William, Lord Brooke)
  (1) Scroop Egerton (d 23.04.1767)
  m. Sarah Pope
  (A) Scroop Egerton (d young)
  (B) Doddington Egerton (dsp 12.09.1773)
(C) Elizabeth Egerton
  m. _ Hayter of Salisbury
  (i) Francis Hayter of Roche Court, later Egerton
  (2) Doddington Egerton (dsp)
  i. Mary Egerton (b 14.05.1676, dsp 11.04.1703)
  m. (02.1703) William Byron, 4th Lord of Rochdale (b 04.01.1669, d 08.08.1736)
  j. Elizabeth Egerton (d 18.02.1735/6)
  m. (06.05.1718) Thomas Catesby Paget, younger of Uxbridge (b 1689, dvp 04.02.1741/2)
ii. Sir William Egerton of Worsley (b 15.08.1649, d 12.1691)
  m. Honora Leigh (dau of Sir Thomas Leigh, younger of Stoneleigh)
  a. Honora Egerton (b 11.08.1685)
  m. Thomas Arden Bagot of Pipe Hall
  b.+ other issue (d young) - John, Jane, Mary, Elizabeth
  iii. Thomas Egerton of Tatton Park (b 16.03.1651, d 29.10.1685)
  m. Hesther Busby (d 1724, dau of Sir John Busby of Addington by Judith, dau of Sir William Manwaring of West Chester)
a. John Egerton of Tatton Park (b 12.02.1679, d 1724)
  m. Elizabeth Barbour (d 1743, dau of Samuel Barbour, sister/heir of Samuel of Shenstone Park)
  (1) John Egerton of Tatton Park (b 14.10.1710, dspms 1738)
  m. (04.1735) Christian Ward (dau of John Ward of Capesthorne)
  (A)+ issue (d young)
  (2) Samuel Egerton of Tatton Park (b 28.12.1711, d 10.02.1780)
  m. Beatrix Copley (d 04.1755, dau of Rev John Copley of Battly)
(A) Beatrix Egerton (dvpsps)
  m. Daniel Wilson of Dalham Tower
  (3) Hester Egerton (d 09.07.1780)
  m. (05.1747) William Tatton of Withenshaw or Wythenshaw (b 13.06.1703, d 28.04.1776)
  Their son inherited Tatton Park and changed his name to Egerton.
  (4) Elizabeth Egerton (d unm 1763)
  b. William Egerton (b 06.07.1682, d 26.02.1737, Chancellor & Prebendary of Hereford, 3rd son)
  m. Anne Head (dau of Sir Francis Head, Bart of Rochester)
  (1) John Egerton (b c1723, d 11.1740)
(2) Charlotte Egerton (d 1770)
  m. William Hammond of St. Alban's Court
  (3) Jemima Egerton
  m. (1747) Edward Brydges of Wotton Court
c. Elizabeth Egerton
  m. Peter Leigh (d 1719, rector of Lymm and Whitchurch)
  d.+ other issue - Thomas (b 1680, d unm), Mainwaring (b 1683, d 1686)
  iv. Charles Egerton of Newborough, Staffordshire (b 1654, d 1717, MP)
  m. Elizabeth Murray (dau of Henry Murray, widow of Randolph Egerton of Betley)
  a. Charles Egerton
  iv. Elizabeth Egerton (b 24.08.1653, d 1709)
  m. (1672) Robert Sydney, 4th Earl of Leicester (b 1649, d 11.11.1702)
  v.+ other issue (d unm) - Steward (b 1660), Frances (d infant), Catharine (d infant)
  B. Frances Egerton (d 27.11.1664)
  m. (02.1621) Sir John Hobart, 2nd Bart of Blickling (b 19.04.1593, d 20.04.1647)
  C. Alice Egerton (dsp bur 19.07.1689)
  m. (c07.1652) Edward Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Carbery, 1st Lord Vaughan of Emlyn (d 03.12.1686/7)
  D. Mary Egerton
  m. Richard Herbert, 2nd Lord of Chirbury (d 13.05.1655)
E. Elizabeth Egerton
  m. David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter (d 1654)
  F. Arabella Egerton
  m. Oliver St. John, Lord (dvp Edgehill 23.10.1624)
  G. Penelope Egerton
  m. Sir Robert Napier, 2nd Bart of Luton Hoo (d 1660)
  H. Magdalen Egerton (d 24.09.1664)
  m. Sir Gervase Cutler of Stainburgh
  I. Catherine Egerton probably of this generation
  m. William Courten of Pirton
  J.+ other issue (d unm) - James (d young), Charles (d young), Thomas, Cecila, Alice, Anne
3. Mary Egerton
  m. Sir Francis Leigh of Newnham Regis
m2. (c1596) Elizabeth More (bur 21.01.1599/1600, dau of Sir William More of Loseley)
m3. (20.10.1600) Alice Spencer (d 23.01.1636/7, dau of Sir John Spencer of Althorp)

Main source(s): BE1883 (Egerton of Ellesmer, Brackley, Bridgewater), BP1934 (Egerton of Tatton) with some support/input from Commoners (vol III, Egerton of Tatton Park) and a little support from Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, Egerton of Egerton and Oulton)
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