Earl Francis Egerton
(1800-1857)

1st Earl of Ellesmere (from 1846)

Died aged c. 57

Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, KG, PC, PC (Ire) (1 January 1800 – 18 February 1857), known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts. Ellesmere Island, a major island (10th in size among global islands) in Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, was named after him.

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City of Salford Heritage Site #14

Worsley Court House (Grade II) Built 1849 for the 1st Earl of Ellesmere. Originally Court Leet and Village Hall, later Magistrates Court. Built over the site of the village stocks.

Barton Road, Worsley, United Kingdom where they was