Egerton, Thomas, Baron Ellesmere
Owner Id00022531
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1540-1617
Other InformationFounder of the Bridgewater Library, which was augmented by the collections of his third wife, Alice Spencer, dowager Countess of Derby. [John Lancaster, from: Stephen Tabor, "The Bridgewater Library," in Pre-Nineteenth-Century British Book Collectors and Bibliographers (Detroit, 1999) [Dictionary of Literary Biography, 213], 40-50.]
Variant NamesViscount Brackley
Elsemore, Thomas Egerton
Egertonus, Thomas, Dominus de Ellismere
Other Identifierhttps://lccn.loc.gov/n83152793
Activity
Start (year)1570
End (year)1617
MARC Area Codee-uk-en
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationNo characterisation/lay
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