Egerton, John, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater
Owner Id00022534
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1646-1701
Other Information3rd Earl of Bridgewater; inherited the Bridgewater Library from his father, John Egerton; added only modestly to it. The library was at this point housed in Ashridge, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, where portions had always been located. [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
Other Identifierhttps://lccn.loc.gov/no2009008959
Activity
Start (year)1686
End (year)1701
MARC Area Codee-uk-en
PlaceLittle Gaddesden (Geonames Id: 2644329)
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationAristocracy
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