Viscount Brackley

The title Viscount Brackley has been created twice for members of the Egerton family; once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The first creation in the Peerage of England was in 1616 for Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere (1540–1617),^[1] who had been created 1st Baron Ellesmere in 1603. He died a year later and his barony and viscountcy merged with the earldom of Bridgewater, which was created for his son, John Egerton. The earldom had been meant for Thomas Egerton, but he died before he could receive it.

The second creation in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was in 1846 for Francis Egerton (1800–1857)^[2] as a subsidiary title of the earldom of Ellesmere. In 1963, the 5th Earl of Ellesmere (1915–2000) succeeded as Duke of Sutherland and the title of Viscount Brackley merged with the dukedom.

Viscounts Brackley, first Creation (1616)

• Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere (1540–1617) (created Viscount Brackley)
• John Egerton, 2nd Viscount Brackley (1579–1649) (created Earl of Bridgewater in 1617)

For further succession, see Earl of Bridgewater, second creation

v t e Family tree of the Barons Daubeney, Earls of Bridgewater, and Dukes of Bridgewater

Baron Daubeney, 1486 Giles Daubeney 1451–1508 1st Baron Daubeney Earl of Bridgewater (1st creation), 1538 Henry Daubeney 1493–1548 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 2nd Baron Daubeney Earldom of Bridgewater and Barony Daubeney extinct, 1548 Baron Ellesmere, 1603 Viscount Brackley, 1616 Thomas Egerton 1540–1617 1st Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere Earl of Bridgewater (2nd creation), 1617 John Egerton 1579–1649 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 2nd Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere John Egerton 1623–1686 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 3rd Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere John Egerton 1646–1701 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, 4th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 1720 Scroop Egerton 1681–1745 1st Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 4th Earl of Bridgewater, 5th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere Henry Egerton 1689–1746 John Egerton 1727–1748 2nd Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 5th Earl of Bridgewater, 6th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere Francis Egerton 1736–1803 3rd Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 6th Earl of Bridgewater, 7th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere John Egerton 1721–1787 John William Egerton 1753–1823 4th Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 7th Earl of Bridgewater, 8th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere Francis Henry Egerton 1756–1829 5th Duke of Bridgewater and Marquess of Brackley, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, 9th Viscount Brackley and Baron Ellesmere All titles extinct, 1803

Viscounts Brackley, second Creation (1846)

• see Earl of Ellesmere

References

1. Hopkins, E. (1962). "The Re-Leasing of the Ellesmere Estates 1637–1642". The Agricultural History Review. 10 (1): 14–28 – via JSTOR.
2. "Egerton family papers, Huntington Library: Finding Aid". oac.cdlib.org – via Online Archive of California.