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A scoundrel claiming to be the long-lost but rightful Duke of Bridgewater appears in the 1885 novel '' The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn '' by Mark Twain , which is set before the American Civil War .

The original spelling is likely to have been Bridgwater, meaning the burg of Water, and the same as Bridgwater in Somerset ( see archive reference 2/79 ).

EARLS OF BRIDGEWATER, FIRST CREATION ( 1486 )

Henry Daubney, 1st Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1493 - 1548 ) (extinct)

EARLS OF BRIDGEWATER, SECOND CREATION ( 1617 )

John Egerton, 1st Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1579 - 1649 )

John Egerton, 2nd Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1623 - 1686 )

John Egerton, 3rd Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1646 - 1701 )

Scroop Egerton, 4th Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1681 - 1745 ) (created Duke of Bridgewater in 1720)

DUKES OF BRIDGEWATER ( 1720 )

Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke Of Bridgewater, 4th Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1681 - 1745 )

John Egerton, 2nd Duke Of Bridgewater, 5th Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1727 - 1748 )

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke Of Bridgewater, 6th Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1736 - 1803 ) (Dukedom extinct)

EARLS OF BRIDGEWATER, SECOND CREATION, ''CONTD.''

John William Egerton, 7th Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1753 - 1823 )

Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl Of Bridgewater ( 1756 - 1829 ) (extinct)