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Francis Egerton, 3rd duke of Bridgewater --  Encyclopædia Britannica Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of, Marquess Of Brackley, Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley, Baron Of Ellesmere... Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of, Marquess Of Brackley, Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley, Baron Of Ellesmere. Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of, Marquess Of Brackley, Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackley, Baron Of Ellesmere www.britannica.com /eb/article-9016435   (789 words)

Earl of Bridgewater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 6th Earl of Bridgewater (1736-1803) (Dukedom extinct) 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 fourth earl was created Duke of Bridgewater in 1720 with the subsidiary title Marquess of Brackley. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Bridgewater   (220 words)

Inventors - the Duke of Bridgewater Francis Egerton, the third and last Duke of Bridgewater, was born on May 3rd 1736 and, escaping the family scourge of tuberculosis which carried off his siblings, he carved out for himself a niche in history as the Canal Duke. Francis had an unhappy childhood after the death of his father, the first duke, who was called Scroop. Bridgewater was all set to marry the widowed Duchess of Hamilton when a scandal erupted involving her sister. www.cottontimes.co.uk /bridgewatero.htm   (993 words)

Manchester Engineers and Inventors included Francis Egerton, James Brindley, Tom Kilburn, Charles Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce, Roy Chadwick, George Bradshaw and Daniel Adamson of Greater Manchester Francis Egerton came to be known as "the Canal Duke", and he is celebrated most for his works in developing the inland waterways navigations into Manchester, and in particular his commissioning the building of the Bridgewater Canal. James Brindley was the engineer considered by many authorities to be instrumental in the construction of the Bridgewater Canal for Francis Egerton, the third Duke of Bridgewater, along with John Gilbert, his foreman and chief land agent. At the age of 23, Egerton left London to live in the Old Hall at Worsley, where he was to develop the coal mines on his estate, and which, due to the onset of the Industrial Revolution, and the need of coal to produce steam power, proved to be his most valuable assets. www.manchester2002-uk.com /celebs/engineers2.html   (2566 words)

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater - TheBestLinks.com - 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, Coal, May 21, March 8, ... Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater - TheBestLinks.com - 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, Coal, May 21, March 8,... He is reknowned as the commissioner of the Bridgewater Canal, which was built for him by James Brindley to service his coal mines at Worsley, in Lancashire. He did not marry, and the dukedom expired with him, although the earldom was retained through John William Egerton. www.thebestlinks.com /3rd_Earl_of_Bridgewater.html   (132 words)

BRIDGEWATER - LoveToKnow Article on BRIDGEWATER Scroop, 1st duke of Bridgewater (1681f 745), was the son of the 3rd earl of Bridgewater, and was created a duke in 1720; he was the greatgrandson of John Egerton, 1st earl of Bridgewater (d. Francis Egerton succeeded to the dukedom at the age of twelve on the death of his brother, the 2nd duke. He died unmarried on the 8th of March 1803, when the ducal title became extinct, but the earldom of Bridgewater passed to a cousin, John William Egerton, who became 7th earl. www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BRIDGEWATER.htm   (603 words)

Bridgewater Investment Management - Leading Investment Managers in Tulsa, Oklahoma This area is recognized as being the location where Duke Francis Egerton (the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater) built the first, commercially viable canal system in England. In the 1750s, Duke Egerton realized that his wealth and the prosperity of his investments (primarily held in the form of coal mines) would be limited because of the cost associated with transporting coal from the mines to consumers in Manchester, England. The term "Bridgewater" is derived from the name given to a region in England that was once controlled by the Duke of Bridgewater. www.bridgewaterinvestment.com /name.html   (194 words)

Boothstown - Mining and the Bridgewater Canal The story of the Bridgewater collieries and canal is told in The Duke of Bridgewater's Canal by Frank Mullineux (Eccles and District History Society, 1988), The Bridgewater Heritage by Christopher Grayling, Bridgewater Estates plc, 1983, and in The Canal Duke's Collieries: Worsley 1760-1900 by Glen Atkinson (published by Neil Richardson, Radcliffe). Further local coal rights were acquired by the Duke of Bridgewater beyond his own estate, such as those agreed with Mr. In 1921, the 4th Earl of Ellesmere founded the Bridgewater Collieries and Bridgewater Wharves companies, separating these interests from his main estate to protect against death duties, taxation and possible fragmentation of the estate arising from any future nationalisation of the mines. freespace.virgin.net /tony.smith/mining.htm   (1588 words)

access to mineral heritage Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, funded the building of the Bridgewater Canal, which linked his coalmines at Worsley to the west of Manchester, with Salford, Manchester and then Liverpool via Runcorn. The need to get coal from the Lancashire coalfields to cities such as Manchester and Liverpool where the demand for coal increased with the population, led to the building of canals from the mid-18th century onwards and more general transport improvements. www.mineral.org.uk /edu/Lancashire.shtml   (223 words)

Bridgewater canal The Bridgewater Canal passed into the hands of the Duke's uncle, the Marquess of Stafford (formerly Lord Gower), though the Duke willed that a group of trustees should be formed to look after the interests of his collieries and the canal company. It is thought that the 1st Duke of Bridgewater (who owned an estate containing coal mines at Worsley) was behind the promotion of this Act. The Duke took his Bill to Parliament but gaining the Act was no formality as all the same objectors who had succeeded in preventing the 1753 canal were out in force again. www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/bridgewatercanalroot.htm   (4870 words)

egt.txt John's eldest son, John Egerton (1646-1701), 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, was the ancestor of the Earls and Dukes of Bridgewater, thereby continuing the senior line of the family; he did not, however, inherit the Tatton estate which was instead left to John's third son, Thomas Egerton (1651-1685), in c.1677. Francis Egerton was a younger son of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke, and his wife Rachel, daughter of the Duke of Bedford. $20 EGT #ti Egerton of Tatton Muniments #da 1391-1886 #ah Situated in the parish of Rostherne, immediately to the north of Knutsford in Cheshire, Tatton Park was in the possession of the Egerton family from the 16th century until the death of Maurice Egerton, the 4th and last Baron Egerton of Tatton, in 1958. rylibweb.man.ac.uk /data2/archives/egt.txt   (17838 words)

BIBLIOGRAPHY - Darwin's Metaphore: Nature's Place in Victorian Culture Egerton, Frank N. "Studies of Animal Populations from Lamarck to Darwin."J. Hist. Science at the Cross Roads: Papers Presented to the International Congress of the History of Science and Technology held in London from June 29th to July 3rd, 1931 by the Delegates of the USSR (1931). Brock, W H. "The Selection of the Authors of the Bridgewater Treatises." Notes and Records of the Royal Society 21: 162-79. www.human-nature.com /dm/bib.html   (7660 words)

ELLESMERE MANUSCRIPTS A year later Francis Egerton (1736-1803), 6th Earl and 3rd Duke of Bridgewater died unmarried. His distant cousin, John William Egerton (1753-1823), inherited the earldom of Bridgewater and the Ashridge lands; the library and other properties including Bridgewater House in London were bequeathed by the 3rd Duke to his nephew, George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquis of Stafford (aftw. Egerton ex dono Thomae hyggons.” His son, John Egerton (1579-1649), created 1st Earl of Bridgewater two months after his father’s death, inscribed pressmarks in nine codices; thirteen others contain marks only in the second and third Earls’ hand. sunsite.berkeley.edu /Scriptorium/hehweb/elmss.html   (1118 words)

Bridgewater Canal The "first canal of the canal age" was promoted by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, and built under the direction of John Gilbert. "A biography of Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater." Published with Phoenix House. Lymm Cruising Club : Situated on the Bridgewater canal near the centre of the village of Lymm, in Cheshire. easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Bridgewater-Canal.html   (1513 words)

ELLESMERE - LoveToKnow Article on ELLESMERE He was known by his patronymic as Lord Francis Leveson Gower until 1833, when he assumed the surname of Egerton alpne, having succeeded on the death of his father to the estates which the latter inherited from the duke of Bridgewater. To the splendid collection of pictures which he inherited from his great-uncle, the 3rd duke of Bridgewater, he made numerous additions, and he built a noble gallery to which the public were allowed free access. born in London on the 1st of January 1800, was the second son of the 1st duke of Sutherland. www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EL/ELLESMERE.htm   (792 words)

Duke of Bridgewater - creator of the Bridgewater Canal His father died when Francis was only nine years of age, by which time he was second in line to the dukedom, brought about by his brothers dying of tuberculosis or other illnesses. In 1752 Francis embarked on the Grand Tour, a rite of passage for noblemen at that time; it was a journey that transformed him from a child into a young and ambitious man. On his return he became very interested in gambling and horse-racing, even riding his own horses at meetings. In 1758 he was due to be married to Elizabeth, the young widow of the Duke of Hamilton, and one of the Irish Gunning sisters whose beauty was legendary. www.somerlake.freeserve.co.uk /english_canal_duke.htm   (591 words)

Canal Life Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, employed him to build the canal between Worsley and Manchester (1759), a difficult enterprise completed in 1772. Two names that figure conspicuously in the history of canal construction are those of the famous English nobleman, the Duke of Bridgewater, and his equally famous engineer, the self-instructed James Brindley. To the latter the world owes the scheme of inland navigation independent altogether of natural channels and intended to afford the greatest facilities for commerce, and intended to afford the greatest facilities for commerce by carrying canals across rivers and through mountains wherever it might be practicable to construct them. www.eriecanal.org /UnionCollege/Harpers.html   (1586 words)

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater - Biography The Canal Duke, a biography of Francis, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. The Duke died unmarried, and his Dukedom and Marquessate expired, but the Earldom and minor titles reverted to his cousin, 7th Earl of Bridgewater. Known as the "father of British inland navigation," in 1759 the Duke constructed, with engineer James Brindley [1716-1772], the earliest canal in England. www.bonus.com /contour/national_gallery/http@@/www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pbio?554369   (131 words)

Bridgewater Monument The Bridgewater Monument (Grid ref:) is a tower in the Chiltern Hills in England, built in 1832 in memory of Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, "the father of inland navigation". It is 108 feet tall, with 170 steps inside, designed by Sir Jeffry Wyatville in a Doric style. www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Bridgewater-Monument.htm   (155 words)

The Bridgewater Canal in Greater Manchester Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater conceived the idea as a way to move coal from his mines in Worsley into Manchester - a way he believed would be quicker and cheaper. The Bridgewater Canal received Royal Assent on 23rd March 1759, and was to be the forerunner of all modern canals. Although Egerton, knownlater as "the Canal Duke", lost a fortune in his investment, he finally began to recoup his money in ripe old age, to die, happily, a rich man again. www.manchester2002-uk.com /transport/canals6.html   (484 words)

Bridgewater Canal Lord Francis Leveson-Gower as beneficiary, came to live at Worsley in 1837 changing his name to Lord Francis Egerton in accordance with the will, he was created Earl of Ellesmere in 1846. www.bridgewatercanal.co.uk /timeline7.html   (46 words)

Special collections and archives Library resources Library Information Services Division University of Salford - A Greater Manchester University Papers relating to Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, ('The Canal Duke'), 1736-1803 and the building of the Bridgewater Canal. See also the Mather Papers for the material used by the late Professor F C Mather in his study of the Bridgewater Trust, After the Canal Duke, covering the period 1825-72, the Bridgewater Estates Archive, and the Bartington Hall Papers which have examples of freight bills and of a packet boat ticket. Also included is a draft of a thesis by Christopher Grayling, The Duke of Bridgewater's canal, c1984. www.isd.salford.ac.uk /library/resources/special   (1588 words)

CMS Explore Cycling - Two circular rides in Dacorum The famous Bridgewater Monument at the very end of the Prince's Riding was built in 1832 in memory of Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, pioneer of canal building. The present mansion was built in 1808 for the 7th Earl of Bridgewater. Surrounded by the woods of the Ashridge Estate, Little Gaddesden is home of the Bridgewater Arms coaching inn, the earliest part is believed to be an 18th century farmhouse. enquire.hertscc.gov.uk /CMS/explore/cycle/berksted.htm   (1071 words)

Industrial Revolution - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Bridgewater Canal, Coalbrookdale, Cromford, Derwent Valley Mills, Ironbridge, Portsmouth Block Mills, Quarry Bank Mill, Soho Foundry, Stockton and Darlington Railway www.arikah.net /encyclopedia?title=Industrial_revolution&redirect=no   (4686 words)

Port Cities: - Making water travel uphill - the Bridgewater Canal In this case coals from the mines at Worsley belonging to Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. Water drained from the Duke’s mines was used as a source of water for the canal. Opened in 1760 the Bridgewater Canal first linked Worsley in Lancashire to the growing industrial towns of nearby Salford and then Manchester in the east. www.mersey-gateway.org /education/server.php?show=ConNarrative.21   (158 words)

Bridgewater Canal The canal takes it's name from Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater for whom the canal was built. The canal's total length is about 40 miles, and is spanned by 78 bridges. www.getoutguide.co.uk /outdoors/outdoors/bridgewater_canal.htm   (133 words)

Mind Streaming-John Coxon's on-line journal The Bridgewater canal was named after the wealthy local landowner, Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater. Incidentally, the Bridgewater canal is orange in colour, not through pollution, but because of the leaching of iron salts from the original underground coal mine cave system when there is rain. The orginal aquaduct has been demolished (part of it was moved and is still visible as a monument to what was then a remarkable engineering feat) and superceeded by a cast iron one in Victorian times, when the Irwell had been diverted to allow the construction of the mighty Manchester Ship Canal. www.blogstudio.com /johncoxon/06_22_03___06_28_03_Mind_Streaming.html   (2631 words)

John Egerton - The Info Page This artikel Francis_Egerton,_3rd_Duke_of_Bridgewater is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License. March 8, 1803) was also the 6th Earl of Bridgewater.He did not marry, and the dukedom expired with him, although the earldom was retained through John William Egerton.He is reknowned as the commissioner of the Bridgewater Canal, which was built for him by James Brindley to service his coal mines at Worsley, in Lancashire. john egerton egerdon egreton ohn jhn jon joh johnegerton gerton eerton egrton egeton egeron egertn egerto where to buy out of print books www.booksearchisbn.com /487677_john-egerton_0807854190cornbreadnation1thebestofsouthernwheretobuyoutofprintbooks.html   (315 words)

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