John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater, MP (1646-1701) (after Sir Godfrey Kneller)
John Smith (Daventry 1652 - Northampton 1743)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1700
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
330 mm (H)253 mm (W)
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297017.2
Summary
Print, mezzotint, John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater, MP (1646-1701) (after Sir Godfrey Kneller) by John Smith (Daventry 1652 - Northampton 1743). One of a pair of mezzotints after a portrait of the Earl of Bridgewater, half-length in a oval, circa 1700. By Godfrey Kneller (1649-1723), engraved by J. Smith. John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgwater (1646-1701) was born on 9 November 1646. He was the eldest surviving son of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgwater (1623-1686) and Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (d.1663). Married (i) Lady Elizabeth Cranfield daughter of James Cranfield, 2nd Earl of Middlesex and Lady Anne Bourchier, on 17 November 1664 at Chapel of Bridgwater House, Barbican, London (ii) Lady Jane Powlett daughter of Charles Powlett, 1st Duke of Bolton and Mary le Scrope, on 2 April 1673 at Charter House Chapel, London. Invested Knight, Order of the Bath 1660. Knight of the shire for Buckinghamshire, 1685. He succeeded as earl in 1686; removed from lord-lieutenancy of Buckinghamshire, as disaffected, 1687; reinstated by William III; First Lord of Trade - 1695 and 1701. Speaker of the House of Lords 1697 and 1700. Privy councillor; First Lord of the Admiralty 1699-1700; Lord-Justice of the Kingdom, 1699. He died on 19 March 1701 at age 54 at St. James's, London, He was buried on 31 March 1701 at Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England. His will was probated in April 1701.
Makers and roles
John Smith (Daventry 1652 - Northampton 1743), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), artist