Earl Of Ellesmere

In 1803 his father had inherited the substantial estates of his maternal uncle Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke Of Bridgewater . On his father's death in 1833 , Lord Francis succeeded to the Egerton estates according to the will of the late Duke of Bridgewater, and assumed by Royal license the surname of Egerton in lieu of Leveson-Gower. The Brackley and Ellesmere titles created for him in 1846 were revivals of titles held by the Dukes of Bridgewater. In 1963 his great-great-grandson, the fifth Earl, succeeded his kinsman as 6th Duke of Sutherland. The Earldom of Ellesmere and Viscountcy of Brackley are now subsidiary titles of the Dukedom.

EARLS OF ELLESMERE ( 1846 )

Francis Egerton, 1st Earl Of Ellesmere ( 1800 - 1857 )

George Granville Francis Egerton, 2nd Earl Of Ellesmere ( 1823 - 1862 )

Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd Earl Of Ellesmere ( 1847 - 1914 )

John Francis Granvile Scrope Egerton, 4th Earl Of Ellesmere ( 1872 - 1944 )

John Sutherland Egerton, 5th Earl Of Ellesmere ( 1915 - 2000 ) (succeeded as Duke of Sutherland in 1963)

Duke Of Sutherland

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