The title Earl of Bridgewater has been created twice in the Peerage of England. It was first created in 1486 for Henry Daubney, 9th Baron Daubney. That creation became extinct in 1548. It was then created in 1617 for John Egerton, 2nd Viscount Brackley. The fourth earl was created Duke of Bridgewater in 1720 with the subsidiary title Marquess of Brackley. These creations became extinct in 1803. The earldom became extinct in 1829. The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. ... Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies. ... Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616) September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626) Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624) Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (burned at the stake) 1600 (died 1600) Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater KB, PC (1579 – 4 December 1649) was an English peer and politician. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

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. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Huckleberry Finn and Jim Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) is commonly accounted as the first Great American Novel. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 — April 21, 1910),[1] better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

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). Bridgwater in Somerset, England, is a market town, the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor district, and the leading industrial town in the county. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...

Earls of Bridgewater, First Creation (1486)

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

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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)

Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater KB, PC (1579 – 4 December 1649) was an English peer and politician. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... // Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ... John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater (30 May 1623 - 26 October 1686) was an English nobleman who served as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, and Hertfordshire, in addition to being invested as a Privy Councillor in 1679. ... Year 1623 (MDCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1686 (MDCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (9 November 1646–19 March 1701) was the eldest son of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Elizabeth Cavendish. ... 1646 (MDCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater (1681 – 1744) was an Earl and Duke in the Peerage of Great Britain. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected...

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)

// Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater (1681 – 1744) was an Earl and Duke in the Peerage of Great Britain. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... John Egerton, 2nd Duke of Bridgwater (29 April 1727 – 26 February 1748) was a British peer and politician. ... Events 1727 to 1800 - Lt. ... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (May 21, 1736–March 8, 1803) (also the 6th Earl of Bridgewater) was a British nobleman. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

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)