Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, KG, PC, PC, known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts. Ellesmere Island, a major island in Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, was named... Wikipedia
Born: January 1, 1800, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
Died: February 18, 1857 (age 57 years), London, United Kingdom
Children: George Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, Algernon Egerton, and more
Grandchildren: Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, Sybil Mary Egerton, Mary Florence Egerton, and more
Spouse: Harriet Greville (m. 1822)