John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont (1711-1770), was a British politician, political pamphleteer, and genealogist. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1763 to 1766. He was twice married, and had eight sons and eight daughters. One of his younger sons was Spencer Perceval, later British Prime Minister.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica.
Perceval was the seventh son of JohnPerceval, 2ndEarl of Egmont by his second wife.
Perceval acted for the Crown in the prosecutions of Thomas Paine (1792) and John Horne Tooke (1794), and wrote pamphlets supporting the impeachment of Warren Hastings.
At Pitt's funeral in January 1806, Perceval was one of the emblem bearers.
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