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EGERTON, THOMAS, 2ND EARL OF WILTON, second son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 30 Dec 1799; adm. 18 Jun 1810; in school list Oct 1814; succ. maternal grandfather as 2nd Earl of Wilton 23 Sep 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1817; DCL London 1834; assumed surname of Egerton in lieu of Grosvenor by royal licence 27 Nov 1821; taking Conservative whip in House of Lords by 1830; Lord Steward of the Household 1 Jan - Apr 1835; Privy Councillor 18 Feb 1835; GCH 1835; invested King of Saxony with Order of the Garter 1842; an ardent sportsman and accomplished musician; his horse Wenlock won the St. Leger in 1872; Commodore, Royal Yacht Squadron, for several years; author, Sports and Pursuits of the English as bearing on their national Character, 1868; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1821 Lady Mary Margaret Stanley, fourth dau. of Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby PC; m. 2nd, 12 Sep 1863 Susan Isabella, only child of Maj. Freeman Elton Smith, Ilminster, Somerset, EICS Madras; d. 7 Mar 1882.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.