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 | | The younger, John, succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount Brackley, was created earl of Bridgewater, and, marrying Lady Frances Stanley (daughter of his fathers third wife, widow of the 5th earl of Derby), was the ancestor of the earls and dukes of Bridgewater (q.v). |
 | | In 1846 the titles of Ellesmere and Brackley were revived in the person of the Ist earl of Ellesmere (q.v.), descended from Lady Louisa Egerton, daughter and co-heir of the 1st duke of Bridgewater. |
 | | Brackley (Brachelai, Brackele) was held in 1086 by Earl Alberie, from whom it passed to the earl of Leicester and thence to the families of De Quinci and Holand. |
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