William Egerton

For other people named William Egerton, see William Egerton (disambiguation).

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William Tatton (Egerton), 1769 portrait by Samuel Cotes

William Egerton (originally William Tatton) (1749 – 1806) was an English politician 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.

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

Family

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

Notes

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Lloyd Kenyon Nathaniel Wraxall	Member of Parliament for Hindon 1784–1790 With: Edward Bearcroft	Succeeded by William Beckford James Adams
Preceded by Sir Archibald Macdonald John Leveson-Gower	Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1792–1800 With: Sir Archibald Macdonald 1792–1793 Sir Francis Ford 1793–1796 Edward 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 by Edward Wilbraham Bootle Sir Robert Lawley
Preceded by John Crewe Thomas Cholmondeley	Member of Parliament for Cheshire 1802–1806 With: Thomas Cholmondeley	Succeeded by Thomas Cholmondeley Davies Davenport
Honorary titles
Preceded by Peter Kyffin Heron	High Sheriff of Cheshire 1778	Succeeded by John Bower-Jodrell