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PERCEVAL, JOHN, 1ST EARL OF EGMONT (I), second son of Sir John Perceval, Bart. (b. 1660, qv); b. 22 Jul 1683; succ. brother as 5th baronet 9 Nov 1691; adm. 1698 (HMC Egmont ii, 190-1); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1699; FRS 3 Dec 1701; MP (I) Co. Cork 1703-15; Privy Councillor (I) Oct 1704; Grand Tour (Italy) 1706-7; created Baron Perceval (I) 21 Apr 1715, Viscount Perceval (I) 25 Feb 1722/3, and Earl of Egmont (I) 6 Nov 1733; MP Harwich 1727-34; Recorder of Harwich 1728-34; thrice refused offer of English peerage; first President of province of Georgia 9 Jun 1732, actively superintending its colonisation; collected the materials for the General History of the House of Yvery, 1742, compiled under his guidance by James Anderson; author, essays and pamphlets; m. 20 Jun 1710 Catharine, eldest dau. of Sir Philip Parker (afterwards Parker-a-Morley), Bart.; d. 1 May 1748. DNB.
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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.