John Egerton | |
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Bishop of Durham | |
Diocese | Diocese of Durham |
In office | 1771–1787 (death) |
Predecessor | Richard Trevor |
Successor | Thomas Thurlow |
Other post(s) | Dean of Hereford (24 July 1750[1]–1756) Bishop of Bangor (1756–1768) Bishop of Lichfield (12 October 1768 {translated}[1]–1771) |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | 18 June 1787 Mayfair, Middlesex, Great Britain[1] | (aged 65)
Buried | St James's Church, Piccadilly[1] |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Residence | Grosvenor Square, Mayfair (at death)[1] |
Parents | the Hon Henry Egerton (Bishop of Hereford) & Lady Elizabeth Bentinck[2] |
Spouse |
Lady Anne Grey
(m. 1748; died 1780)Mary Boughton (m. 1782–1787) |
Children | Amelia Egerton, Lady Hume John Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgewater Francis Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater |
Profession | Church of England |
Education | Eton College[1] |
Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford[1] |
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John Egerton (30 November 1721 –18 June 1787) was a Church of England clergyman from the Egerton family who eventually rose to be Bishop of Durham. As a young man he was associated with the beginning of tourism down the River Wye and later with the controversial appointment of an English monoglot to a Welsh-speaking parish in Anglesey.