John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton

PC
John Egerton; PC
2nd Earl of Bridgewater
Reign	1649–1686
Predecessor	John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater
Successor	John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater
Born	30 May 1623
Died	26 October 1686
Buried	Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
Noble family	Egerton
Spouse(s)	Lady Elizabeth Cavendish
Issue	John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater; Sir William Egerton KB; Thomas Egerton; Charles Egerton MP; Elizabeth Egerton
Father	John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater
Mother	Lady Frances Stanley

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, PC (30 May 1623 – 26 October 1686), was an English nobleman from the Egerton family.

Life

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgwater, by Peter Lely (1665)

The surviving son of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, and his wife Lady Frances Stanley, his maternal grandparents were Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, and Lady Alice Spencer. According to the Will of King Henry VIII, his mother, at one time, was second-in-line to inherit England's throne. However, Frances, Countess of Bridgewater's elder sister, Lady Anne Stanley, was passed over in favour of King James VI of Scotland.

Styled Viscount Brackley before succeeding to the earldom in 1649, he served as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (1660–1686), Cheshire (1670–1676), Lancashire (1670–1676), and Hertfordshire (1681–1686), as well as being sworn of the Privy Council in 1679.

Lord Bridgewater was buried at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.

Egerton arms: Argent, a lion rampant gules between three pheons sable^[1]

In 1641, as Lord Brackley, he married Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (1626–1663), a daughter of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and his first wife Elizabeth Basset. Lord and Lady Bridgewater's children included:

John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (9 November 1646–19 March 1701)
Sir William Egerton KB (15 August 1649–24 December 1691),^[2] who married Honora Leigh
Thomas Egerton (1651–1685), of Tatton Park, ancestor of the Barons and Earls Egerton
two other sons
Charles Egerton MP
Elizabeth Egerton (24 August 1653 – 1709), who married Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester
two other daughters.^[3]

Honorary titles
Vacant English Interregnum Title last held by The Lord Wharton	Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1660–1686	Succeeded by The 3rd Earl of Bridgewater
Vacant English Interregnum Title last held by The 1st Earl of Bridgewater	Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire 1660–1686	Succeeded by The Lord Jeffreys
Preceded by The 8th Earl of Derby	Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire and Lancashire 1673–1676	Succeeded by The 9th Earl of Derby
Preceded by The 1st Earl of Essex	Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire 1681–1686	Succeeded by The 1st Earl of Rochester
Peerage of England
Preceded by John Egerton	Earl of Bridgewater 2nd creation 1649–1686	Succeeded by John Egerton