William Tatton (Egerton), 1769 portrait by Samuel Cotes

William Egerton (originally William Tatton; 1749–1806) was an English politician[1] and a member of the Egerton family.

Egerton was the son of William Tatton and Hester, sister of Samuel Egerton, who was her brother's heiress. He changed his surname to his mother's on 9 July 1780.[1]

Egerton represented as Member of Parliament the constituencies of Hindon, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Cheshire.[1]

Family

Egerton married four times. By his second marriage, to Mary daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle, he had three sons and one daughter.[1] The second son of this marriage was Wilbraham Egerton.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d historyofparliamentonline.org, Egerton, William (1749-1806), of Tatton Park, Cheshire.
  2. ^ historyofparliamentonline.org, Egerton, Wilbraham (1781-1856), of Tatton Park, Cheshire.
Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byLloyd KenyonNathaniel Wraxall Member of Parliament for Hindon 1784–1790 With: Edward Bearcroft Succeeded byWilliam BeckfordJames Adams Preceded bySir Archibald MacdonaldJohn Leveson-Gower Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1792–1800 With: Sir Archibald Macdonald 1792–1793Sir Francis Ford 1793–1796Edward Wilbraham Bootle 1796–1800 Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament of Great Britain Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1801–1802 With: Edward Wilbraham Bootle Succeeded byEdward Wilbraham BootleSir Robert Lawley Preceded byJohn CreweThomas Cholmondeley Member of Parliament for Cheshire 1802–1806 With: Thomas Cholmondeley Succeeded byThomas CholmondeleyDavies Davenport Honorary titles Preceded byPeter Kyffin Heron High Sheriff of Cheshire 1778 Succeeded byJohn Bower-Jodrell
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