General John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgwater (1753-1803)
William Owen, RA (Ludlow 1769 – London 1825)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1817
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1440 x 1130 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436170
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, General John William Egerton, 7th Earl of Bridgwater (1753-1803) by William Owen, RA (Ludlow 1769 – London 1825), 1817. A three-quarter-length portrait, standing, gazing to the left, in military uniform with Peer's robes, his right hand on the hilt of his sword. Distant horizon with stormy sky on the right. He was the son of Right Reverend John Egerton (1721-1787) and Lady Anne Sophia Grey (d.1780). He was baptised on 8 May 1753 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England. He married Charlotte Catherine Anne Haynes (1763-1849), daughter of Samuel Haynes, on 14 January 1783 at 58 Welbeck Street, Marylebone, London, England. He was MP (Tory) for Morpeth between 1777 and 1780, and Brackley 1780-1803). He succeeded as 8th Viscount Brackley on 8 March 1803, and 7th Earl of Bridgwater on 8 March 1803. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) on 28 January 1808, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) on 4 February 1808. He gained the rank of General in the Army in 1812. He died on 21 October 1823 at age 70 at Ashridge Park, England, without issue.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Makers and roles
William Owen, RA (Ludlow 1769 – London 1825), publisher