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Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (21 May 1736 – 8 March 1803), known as Lord Francis Egerton until 1748, was a British nobleman from the Egerton family. He was the youngest son of the 1st Duke. He did not marry, and the dukedom expired with him, although the earldom was inherited by a cousin, Lieutenant-General John Egerton.
17 de may. de 2024 · Francis Egerton, 3rd duke of Bridgewater (born May 21, 1736, Worsley, Lancashire, England—died March 8, 1803, London) was the founder of British inland navigation, whose canal, built from his estates at Worsley to the city of Manchester, is called the Bridgewater Canal.
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Francis Ronald Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland (born 18 February 1940), known as Francis Ronald Egerton until 2000, is a British peer from the Egerton family . Family. Sutherland is the son of Cyril Reginald Egerton, the grandson of Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere. His mother was Mary, daughter of Sir Ronald Campbell. [1] .
8 de mar. de 2016 · Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke (and 6th Earl) of Bridgewater, died Mar. 8, 1803, at the age of 66. The Duke was the driving force behind the first true canal in Great Britain, aptly called the Bridgewater Canal. The Duke owned coal mines in Worsley, and delivering the...
18 de ene. de 2012 · Francis Egerton became the Third Duke of Bridgewater when he was twelve. He was the man whose foresight, courage and energy were responsible for the start of the complex network of canals which were the lifeblood of the Industrial Revolution and which served England so well.
El canal de Bridgewater es un canal de navegación que conecta Runcorn, Mánchester y Leigh, en el noroeste de Inglaterra. Fue encargado en 1760 por Francis Egerton, tercer duque de Bridgewater, para el transporte de carbón de sus minas en Worsley a Mánchester, al ingeniero James Brindley.
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.
