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lUMtKirS COLONIAL (lENTKY. G19 II. Emxia, of wliom i)reseiitly. in. Kli/.iibith, </. 5th Fcbruai-y, 1760. IV. .mu>, tl. 27th Doceiubcr, 17(J9. ^ . M argil rot, d. uiim. October, 1S37. The second iliuighter, Emma WAiunitTOX, m. first, John Cnox- TON, of Korley J[5ank, co. Cliestcr, b_v whom (wlio (I. 271 h .August, 17!)!') she had a daughter Emma Cuo.x'roN, of whom pre- sently. She »«. secondly, John Hvnt, and by }iim had a daughter. The eldest daughter, Emma Cboxton, m. 13th Octcber, 1803, Eev. Howlaxd Egerto.n, B.A., seventh son of Philip Egektox, of Egerton, and OnUon {see below), and il. lOtli September, 1S81, having by him (who assumed the adtlititmiil surname of Warburton in eonsefnieiice of llii.i marriage, and d. 20th Miiy, 184(i) had with other issue, a son, Kowland Eyi.es Eokuton Warbi'utok (see below), heir to his grand- uncle. ^-(Pamilii of l3gcvton.- David lk Clekc de Mai.I'As, who, after the earldom of Chester was annexed to the Crown, was sheritf of that sliire (36 llENRV III) ; he was also a justice of the county, and held three kniglits' fees therein. His second son, Philip, surnamed Gocli (or the Red), having obtained the manor of Egerton from Urian de i^gertoii, and taking up Ins abode there, assumed, according to the custom of the age, tlic surname of EoEUTO.N ; and from him directly descended (seventh in lineal succession), Philip Egerton, of Egerton, who m. Margery, daughter of William Mainwarino, and dying 13 Edward IV, left two sons, I. John, his successor. II. Ralph (Sir), whose son. Sir Ralph, left a natural son, Thomas Egerton, who becoming lord chancellor of England, was created Viscount Brackley, and from liim descended the noble houses of Bhidgewater, Egerton of Tatton, &c. (.see Burke's Feerji/e). Mr. Egerton was s. by his elder sou, John Egerton, of Egerton, who m. Eliza- beth, daughter and heir of Hugh Done, of Oulton, CO. Chester, and arand-daughler, ma- ternally, of James Touchet, Lord Audley ; and dying in the first year of Richard III, was s. by his onl^' son, Philip Egerton, of Egerton and Oulton. This gentleman m. Joan, daughter and co- heir of Gilbert Smith, of Cuerdley, eo, Lan- caster, and widow of Richard WiNNiXGTO.x, and dying 1531, was s. by his only sou, Sir Philip Egerton, Knt.,who)H. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Randle Brereton, Knt., of Malpas, and was a-, in 15U3, by his son, John Egerton, who m. Jane, daughter of Piers Mo.sTTN, of Talaere, co. Flint, and dying in 1590, was s. by his son. Sir John Egerton, Knt., h. in 1551, who «!. Margaret, daughter of Sir Rowland Stan- lev, of Ilooton, and left, I. Rowland, his successor. II. John, killed by Edward Morgan (after having given him his life) in a duel, 20th .pril, l(i08. III. Peter, m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas IJaves, Knt. IT. Richard, d. s. p. I. Frances, m. John Minshul, of Minshul. II. Margaret, m. first to Thomas Hall, and secondly, to Laurence WlilT- TAKER. III. Mary, m. to Richard Cartwrigut, of .Aynho. IV. Katherine, m. Sir Thomas Powell, Bart., of Horsle}'. Sir John, dying in 1614, was .v. by his eldest surviving son. Sir Rowland Egerton, Knt., of Egerton, and Oulton, who was created a baronet 5th April, 1617, HI. Bridg.'!, daugliter of Arlliur. Lord Geet de Wilion, K.G., and sister and co-heir of Thomas, fifteenth Lord Grey de Wilton, and d. 1646, leaving with four other sous, who d. s. p., I. John (Sir), m. Anne, daughtor of George Wintouk, of Dyrham, co. Gloucester; and dying in 1674, left issue, 1. John (Sir), m. first, Elizalietli, sister and sole heir of Edward Holland, of Heaton, in Lan- cashire, by whom he had issue, (1) Holland (Sir), m. Eleanor, youngest daughter of Sir Roger Cave, Bart., and dying in a year after his father, left surviving iss'iC, «. Edward (Sir), d. iimn. 1744. t. Thomas Grey (Sir), m. in 1748, Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Jolm CoPLEV, by whom he had two sons. lie d. in 1756, and was .?. by his only surviving son, Thomas (Sir), who ;«. in 1769, Eleanor, youngest daughter and co-heir of Sir Ralph 7rshkton, Bart., of Middleton, by wliom he luul two sons and three daughters, of whom one daughter alone, Eleanor, wife of Robert, Earl Gros- VE.vOR, survived. Sir 'i'homas was ele- vated to the peerage 15th May, 1784, us Baron Grev db AVilton; and