Lord Francis LEVESON-GOWER, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

1800 - 1857  (57 years)

• Name	Francis LEVESON-GOWER  [1]
  Prefix	Lord
  Suffix	1st Earl of Ellesmere
  Birth	1 Jan 1800	21 Arlington St., Piccadilly, London, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Educated	Eton College, Berkshire, England and Christ Church College, Oxford, England   [2]
  Raised	1846  [2]
  	to the peerage as Earl of Ellesmere.
  Succeeded by	upon his death by his son, George.
  Name	Francis Egerton  [3, 4, 5]
  Occupation	1st Earl of Ellesmere  [5]
  Death	18 Feb 1857	Bridgwater House, St. James' Park, Westminster, London, England   [2]
  Person ID	I119869	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	George Granville SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER, 1st Duke of Sutherland,   b. 9 Jan 1758   d. 19 Jul 1833, Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Lady Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, suo jure Countess of Sutherland,   b. 24 May 1765, Leven Lodge, near Edinburgh, Scotland d. 29 Jan 1839, Hamilton Place, Hyde Park, London, England (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1785	St. Marylebone Parish Church, London, England   [1, 6]
  Family ID	F38103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Catherine GREVILLE,   b. 1803   d. 1870 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1822	St. George's Parish Church, Hanover Square, London, England   [2]
  	The Archbishop of York officiated.
  Children	1. George EGERTON, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere,   b. 15 Jun 1823   d. 19 Sep 1862 (Age 39 years)   2. Adm. The Hon. Francis EGERTON,   b. 15 Sep 1824   d. 15 Dec 1895, Weybridge, Surrey, England (Age 71 years)   3. Hon. Algernon Fulke EGERTON,   b. 31 Dec 1825   d. 14 Jul 1891 (Age 65 years)   4. Hon. Arthur Frederick EGERTON,   b. 6 Feb 1829   d. 25 Feb 1866 (Age 37 years)   5. Lady Alice Harriet Frederica EGERTON,   b. 10 Oct 1830   d. 22 Dec 1928 (Age 98 years)   6. Lady Blanche EGERTON, Countess of Sandwich,   b. 22 Feb 1832   d. 20 Mar 1894 (Age 62 years)   7. Hon. Granville EGERTON,   b. Abt 1834   d. 1851 (Age ~ 17 years)
  Family ID	F38063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2025

  
  

• Photos

  Francis_Egerton,_1st_Earl_of_Ellesmere_by_Edwin_Longsden_Long Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857). Courtesy of Wikipedia.

  
  

• Notes

  Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic was named after him. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S19648] Wikipedia - Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland. [S19664] Wikipedia - Francis Egerton. [S19559] Wikipedia - Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. [S19636] Wikipedia - Francis Egerton (Royal Navy officer). [S19644] Wikipedia - Lord George Cavendish (1810–1880). [S19663] Wikipedia - George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland.