Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

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Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, was a 19th-century British politician, writer, and patron of the arts who played a significant role in public life and cultural patronage in Victorian England.

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instanceOf British politician
human
patron of the arts
writer
aristocraticFamily Leveson-Gower family
child Alfred Egerton
George Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1800-01-01
dateOfDeath 1857-02-18
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
era Victorian era
familyName Egerton
father George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland NERFINISHED
genre biography
essay
givenName Francis
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Conservative Party (UK) predecessor parties
mother Duchess of Sutherland
surface form: Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
name Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere self-linksurface differs
surface form: Francis Egerton
nobleTitle Earl of Ellesmere
surface form: 1st Earl of Ellesmere

Baron Ellesmere
Viscount Brackley
notableFor development and display of the Bridgewater art collection
patronage of the arts in Victorian England
support of the National Gallery, London
notableWork Essays on Foreign Biography
Guide to the Pictures at Bridgewater House
translations of German poetry
occupation art collector
author
politician
translator
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Chief Secretary for Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
Member of Parliament
Secretary at War
religion Church of England
residence Bridgewater House, London
Lancashire
Staffordshire
spouse Harriet Catherine Greville

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Ellesmere Island namedAfter Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Egerton family notableMember Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
St Mark’s Church, Worsley builtFor Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
St Mark’s Church, Worsley patron Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere name Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Francis Egerton