EGERTON, FRANCIS HENRY, EIGHTH EARL OF BRIDGWATER
Arms.—Quarterly.
1st and 4th grand quarters; arg., a lion rampant gu., between 3 pheons sa. Egerton.
2nd grand quarter; quarterly, France and England. Mary, daughter of Henry VII.
3rd grand quarter; barry of six, arg. and az. Grey.
Coronet.—That of an Earl.
Supporters.—Dexter, a horse; sinister, a griffin; each gorged with a ducal coronet.
Motto.—Sic donec.
[Rabani Mauri Tractatus super Librum Regum. Eg. MS. 1783.]
Variety.—The shield alone.
[Beza. Nov. Test. London, 1582.]
Crest.—A lion rampant gu., supporting an arrow erect or, headed and feathered arg.
Coronet.—That of an Earl.
[Taylor. An arrant Thiefe. London, 1625.]
Francis Henry Egerton (born 11th November 1756, died 11th February 1829) was a son of John Egerton, Bishop of Durham. He was educated at Eton and All Souls' College, Oxford, and was for a long time Rector of Middle, Shropshire. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries. Mr. Egerton was a scholar and a book lover, and wrote several books, mostly genealogical, a subject of which he was very fond.
In 1823, on the death of his brother, Mr. Egerton became Earl of Bridgwater, but he remained in Paris, where he had lived for some time. With the Peerage Lord Bridgwater inherited a large fortune, and he bequeathed a large portion of this in the endowment of Literature, one result of which was the "Bridgwater Treatises." He also left a very large collection of manuscripts and other treasures to the Trustees of the British Museum, with property to allow of accessions.
