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Earl of Ellesmere (pronounced "Ells-mere"), of Ellesmere in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union 1800 in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain....
. It was created in 1846 along with the courtesy title of Viscount Brackley, of Brackley in the County of Northampton, for the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 politician Lord Francis Egerton. Born Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, he was the third son of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Gordon, 19th Countess of Sutherland.

In 1803 his father had inherited the substantial estates of his maternal uncle Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater , known as Lord Francis Egerton until 1748, was a British nobleman, the younger son of the 1st Duke....
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Earl of Ellesmere (pronounced "Ells-mere"), of Ellesmere in the County of Shropshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union 1800 in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain....
. It was created in 1846 along with the courtesy title of Viscount Brackley, of Brackley in the County of Northampton, for the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 politician Lord Francis Egerton. Born Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, he was the third son of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Gordon, 19th Countess of Sutherland.

In 1803 his father had inherited the substantial estates of his maternal uncle Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater , known as Lord Francis Egerton until 1748, was a British nobleman, the younger son of the 1st Duke....
. On his father's death in 1833, Lord Francis succeeded to the Egerton estates according to the will of the late Duke of Bridgewater, and assumed by Royal licence the surname of Egerton in lieu of Leveson-Gower. The Brackley and Ellesmere titles created for him in 1846 were revivals of titles held by the Dukes of Bridgewater. In 1963 his great-great-grandson, the fifth Earl, succeeded his kinsman as 6th Duke of Sutherland. The Earldom of Ellesmere and Viscountcy of Brackley are now subsidiary titles of the Dukedom.

The Hon. Alfred John Francis Egerton, younger son of the second Earl, represented Eccles
Eccles (UK Parliament constituency)

Eccles is a United Kingdom constituencies centred on the town of Eccles, Greater Manchester in Greater Manchester. It returns one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....
 in Parliament.

Earls of Ellesmere (1846)

  • Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
    Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

    Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere Order of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the second son of the George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and his wife, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland....
     (1800-1857)
  • George Granville Francis Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere (1823-1862)
  • Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere (1847-1914)
  • John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere (1872-1944)
  • John Sutherland Egerton, 5th Earl of Ellesmere
    John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland

    John Sutherland Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland the son of John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Violet Lambton.Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he married Lady Diana Percy , daughter of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, on 29 April 1939....
     (1915-2000) (succeeded as Duke of Sutherland in 1963)
For further Earls of Ellesmere, see the Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Sutherland

Duke of Sutherland, derived from Sutherland in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created by William IV of the United Kingdom in 1833 for George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford....


See also

  • Duke of Sutherland
    Duke of Sutherland

    Duke of Sutherland, derived from Sutherland in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created by William IV of the United Kingdom in 1833 for George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford....
  • Duke of Bridgewater
  • Countess of Sutherland
  • Earl Granville
    Earl Granville

    Earl Granville is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom....