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Piers Egerton-Warburton

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Piers Egerton-Warburton
Born(1839-05-22)22 May 1839
Norley Bank, Norley, Cheshire, England
Died24 March 1914(1914-03-24) (aged 74)
EducationEton College
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford (BA)
SpouseHon. Antoinette Elizabeth Saumarez
Children6
RelativesRowland Egerton-Warburton (father)
Peter Egerton-Warburton (uncle)

Piers Egerton-Warburton JP (22 May 1839 – 24 March 1914) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1876 to 1885.[1]

Egerton-Warburton was the eldest son of Rowland Eyles Egerton and his wife, Mary Brooke, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Baronet. His father assumed the additional surname Warburton on inheriting estates of his grand uncle Sir Peter Warburton. Egerton-Warburton was educated at Eton College followed by Christ Church, Oxford (BA, 1861). He was a captain in the Earl of Chester's Yeomanry Cavalry and a Magistrate for Cheshire.[2]

In 1876 Egerton-Warburton was elected Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire. He held the seat until 1885.[3]

Personal life

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Egerton-Warburton married Hon. Antoinette Elizabeth Saumarez, daughter of John St Vincent Saumarez, 3rd Baron de Saumarez in 1880.[2] They had two sons and four daughters:[1]

Egerton-Warburton lived at Arley Hall near Northwich, where he died at the age of 74.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1674–1675. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ a b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  4. ^ "Mr. P. Egerton-Warburton". The Times. 26 March 1914. p. 10.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire
18761885
With: Wilbraham Egerton to 1883
Alan Egerton from 1883
constituency abolished