The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-20 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE EARL OF ELLESMERE, Z6'

We are this day called upon to announce the demise of
the Earl of Ellesmere, K.G., who expired on WednesdaY,
at half past twelve o'clock p.m., at Bridgewater Hon".'
St. James's. It will be recollected that in Nov. last hi;
lordship was seized with, a very dangerous illness, a'
was, for some time, in a critical.condition. He, contra 3;
to expectation, rallied, and hopes were entertained ti
he would ultimately regain his customary health. With:
a short period, symptoms manifested themselves wh;e
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rendered all hope of a long protraction of life ne longer
to be looked for. The noble earl has for soLse
weeks past been gradually sinking. His relatioJs
were summoned at an early hour yesterday. to Bridge;
water House, to await the mournful event, and a"
the hour before specified the noble earl expired, sur-
rounded by the whole of the members of his family, el"
the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess (Do`°"
alter) of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, tn'
Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford were likewise pre-
sent at his lordship's dissolution. The deceased, Franc',.
Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, of Ellesmere, County Sale!);
and Viscount Brackley, of Brackley, County Northampton'
in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was second son of
George Granville, Ist Duke of Sutherland, and Eiiz
Countess of Sutherland. He was born Ist January, 18°9'
and was consequently fifty-seven the first of last mont
His lordship married, 18th June, 1822, Harriet Catherine,
'daughter of the late Mr. Charles and Lady Chariott'
Greville, by whom he leaves issue four sons and two
daughters, namely, Francis Charles Granville, Viscount
.
Brackley, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton, R.N., "`"
Hon. Algernon Ezerton, Capt. the Hon. Arthur Eger
ton, Soots Fusilier Guards ; Lady Alice, married to
Earl
Hon. George Byng, M.P. ; and Lady Blanche. The Ear
of Ellesmere had, prior to his elevation to the House e,.
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Peers, taken an active part in politics, and was a constant
supporter of the Conservative party. After completing
his education at Christ Church, Oxford, he entered the
House of Commons as representative of the disfranchise
borough of Bletchingly, which he sat for until 1826, WI
his lordship (then Lord, Francis Egerton) was return
for the county of Sutherland, which he continued to repro'
sent during the parliaments of 1826 and 1830. In 1835 k
was elected, in conjunction with the late Hon. R. B.
brahara, for the southern division of Lancashire, in oeft
sition to the previous members, Mr. G. W. Wood
Viscount Molyneux (the late Earl of Sefton). '-
deceased peer continued the representation of that Weil:
ential county during the successive parliaments, until 1,1,7
creation as earl. As Lord Francis Egerton he first MO
office as a Lord of the Treasury. In January, 1828,
was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in the 131n'
of Wellington's administration ; and in July, inV.
he was appointed Secretary at War, which
only held a few months, up to the November following;
On his re-entering the House of Commons, in 1835, he,
the meeting of Parliament, proposed Sir Charles Mannerg
Sutton for the chair of the House, when Sir Charles
defeated by Lord Dunfermline (then the Right Hon. Jaw
gi
Abercrombie). On the formation of Sir Robert Pee„,'
government, in August, 1811, Lord Francis Egerton wr'-i
offered a seat in the Cabinet, but his lordship decline,"
At the bringing forward of the repeal of the corn 1111
that popular measure of Sir Robert Peel, the deceas
earl moved the address to the royal speech, which 1114
be considered almost his last act in that branch of t
legislature. As inheritor of the large estates and eann
property of the celebrated Duke of Bridgewater, he, 1„,
August, 1833, assumed the surname and arms of Egertor
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only, in place of Leveson Gower, ,by royal sign map° 0f
The deceased peer had distinguished himself in the field
literature, being the author of the " Iron Mask." 1113
various poetical productions.