Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet

The Reverend Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, 9th Baronet (6 July 1767 – 12 December 1829), was a 19th-century Anglican clergyman and landowner, who succeeded to his family baronetcy and served as Rector of Tarporley and Malpas, Cheshire.[1]

Background

Born in 1767, the second son of Philip Egerton (1731 – 1786) and Mary Eyles, only surviving daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Francis Eyles-Stiles, Sir Philip succeeded in the baronetcy from his elder brother, Sir John Grey-Egerton, Bt. MP, who died without issue in 1825.

Egerton assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname and arms of Grey, inheriting the ancestral seat of Oulton Hall and other estates, together with the lordship of the manor of Egerton and the advowson of Malpas, Cheshire.[2]

Family

Grey-Egerton arms

In 1804, Egerton married Rebecca du Pré, daughter of Josias du Pré, Governor of Madras, by his wife Rebecca Alexander, sister of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon.
Sir Philip and Lady Grey-Egerton had the following issue:[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tresise, Geoffrey; Sarjeant, William Antony S. (1997). The Tracks of Triassic Vertebrates: Fossil Evidence from North-West England. Stationery Office. ISBN 978-0-11-290502-8.
  2. ^ Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage: Containing the Family Histories of the Nobility. With the Arms of the Peers. Hurst and Blackett.
  3. ^ Debrett, John (1878). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage.
  4. ^ Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire ... Hurst and Blackett.
  5. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. 1855.