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Egerton was the son of Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, 6th Baronet, of the [[Egerton family]], and his wife Catherine Copley, daughter of Rev. John Copley of Batley, Yorkshire. He was educated at [[Westminster School]] in 1764. In 1766 he succeeded his father to the [[Grey Egerton baronets|baronetcy]]. He married Eleanor Assheton, youngest daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, 3rd Baronet, of Middleton on 12 September 1769. <ref name = HOP>{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/egerton-sir-thomas-1749-1814| title=EGERTON, Sir Thomas, 7th Bt. (1749-1814), of Heaton, nr. Lancaster | publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 1 November 2017}}</ref> |
Egerton was the son of Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, 6th Baronet, of the [[Egerton family]], and his wife Catherine Copley, daughter of Rev. John Copley of Batley, Yorkshire. He was educated at [[Westminster School]] in 1764. In 1766 he succeeded his father to the [[Grey Egerton baronets|baronetcy]]. He married Eleanor Assheton, youngest daughter of [[Assheton_baronets|Sir Ralph Assheton, 3rd Baronet, of Middleton]] (d. 1765) on 12 September 1769. <ref name = HOP>{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/egerton-sir-thomas-1749-1814| title=EGERTON, Sir Thomas, 7th Bt. (1749-1814), of Heaton, nr. Lancaster | publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 1 November 2017}}</ref> |
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==Political career== |
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Thomas Grey Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (14 August 1749 – 23 September 1814), known as Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, Bt from 1766 to 1784, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1772 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerageasBaron Grey de Wilton.
Egerton was the son of Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, 6th Baronet, of the Egerton family, and his wife Catherine Copley, daughter of Rev. John Copley of Batley, Yorkshire. He was educated at Westminster School in 1764. In 1766 he succeeded his father to the baronetcy. He married Eleanor Assheton, youngest daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, 3rd Baronet, of Middleton (d. 1765) on 12 September 1769. [1]
Egerton was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Lancashire at a by-election on 4 February 1772. He was re-elected unopposed in 1774 and 1780. In 1778 he raised a regiment of foot at Manchester to serve in the American War. He spoke in Parliament on matters relating to Lancashire, and its trade or industry in particular. He did not stand at the 1784 general election.[1]
On 15 May 1784, he was elevated to the barony of Grey de Wilton held by his ancestors, which was revived when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Grey de Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County Hereford. The peerage was created with remainder to heirs male of his body. On 26 June 1801, he was further honoured as Viscount Grey de Wilton and Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County of Hereford, with remainder to the second and younger sons successively of his daughter Eleanor, wife of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster.
Egerton was listed as a subscriber to the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal navigation in 1791.[2]
Egerton died on 23 September 1814, aged 65. He had no male issue so the title of Baron Grey de Wilton became extinct as he had no sons, while the Baronetcy passed to a distant relative Sir John Grey Egerton, 8th Baronet. He was succeeded in the Viscountcy and Earldom, according to the special remainder, by his grandson Thomas Grosvenor Egerton.
He had one surviving daughter:
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Lancashire 1772–1784 With: Charles Molyneux 1772–1774 Lord Stanley 1774–1776 Thomas Stanley 1776–1780 Thomas Stanley 1780–1784 |
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| Preceded by | Baronet (of Egerton and Oulton) 1756–1814 |
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| New creation | Baron Grey de Wilton 1784–1814 |
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