page_title: Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton
section_title: Yachting
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton / Yachting
caption_attribution_description: lithograph by T.G. Dutton after a skech of Nicholas Matthews Condy
context_page_description: Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton, GCH, PC, known as Thomas Grosvenor until 1814, was a British nobleman and Tory politician. He served as Lord Steward of the Household in 1835 in Sir Robert Peel's first government.
context_section_description: He was also interested in yachting, and was a founding member of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club in 1844. He was Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron from 1849 to 1881.
   In this capacity, he was most notable for inviting members of the New York Yacht Club to race in the Royal Yacht Squadron regatta open to all nations around the Isle of Wight on 22 August 1851. The N. Y. Y. C. yacht America won the event and its silver trophy was subsequently renamed the America's Cup.
  Lord Wilton was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 2001 in a ceremony at the Royal Yacht Squadron during the America's Cup Jubilee.
caption: Lord Wilton's yacht "The Xarifa, RYS" with behind it the Circassian, Ariel, Fairy, and Flirt, circa 1845. Lithograph T G Dutton after a sketch by Nicholas Matthews Condy
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