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British politician For other people named William Egerton, see William Egerton (disambiguation). For other people named William Tatton, see William Tatton (disambiguation).

William Tatton (Egerton), 1769 portrait by Samuel Cotes

William Egerton (originally William Tatton; 1749–1806) was an English politician and a member of the Egerton family.

Egerton was the son of William Tatton and Hester, sister of Samuel Egerton, who was her brother's heiress. He changed his surname to his mother's on 9 July 1780.

Egerton represented as Member of Parliament the constituencies of Hindon, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Cheshire.

Family

Egerton married four times. By his second marriage, to Mary daughter of Richard Wilbraham Bootle, he had three sons and one daughter. The second son of this marriage was Wilbraham Egerton.

Notes

  1. ^ historyofparliamentonline.org, Egerton, William (1749-1806), of Tatton Park, Cheshire.
  2. historyofparliamentonline.org, Egerton, Wilbraham (1781-1856), of Tatton Park, Cheshire.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded byLloyd Kenyon
Nathaniel Wraxall 		Member of Parliament for Hindon
1784–1790
With: Edward Bearcroft 		Succeeded byWilliam Beckford
James Adams
Preceded bySir Archibald Macdonald
John Leveson-Gower 		Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme
1792–1800
With: Sir Archibald Macdonald 1792–1793
Sir Francis Ford 1793–1796
Edward Wilbraham Bootle 1796–1800 		Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of Great Britain Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme
1801–1802
With: Edward Wilbraham Bootle 		Succeeded byEdward Wilbraham Bootle
Sir Robert Lawley
Preceded byJohn Crewe
Thomas Cholmondeley 		Member of Parliament for Cheshire
1802–1806
With: Thomas Cholmondeley 		Succeeded byThomas Cholmondeley
Davies Davenport
Honorary titles
Preceded byPeter Kyffin Heron High Sheriff of Cheshire
1778 		Succeeded byJohn Bower-Jodrell
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