The Earl of Ellesmere | |
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![]() Portrait of the Earl of Ellesmere by Edwin Longsden Long | |
Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
In office 21 June 1828 – 30 July 1830 | |
Monarchs | George IV William IV |
Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
Preceded by | Hon. William Lamb |
Succeeded by | Sir Henry Hardinge |
Secretary at War | |
In office 30 July 1830 – 15 November 1830 | |
Monarch | William IV |
Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
Preceded by | Sir Henry Hardinge |
Succeeded by | Charles Williams-Wynn |
Personal details | |
Born | Francis Egerton 1 January 1800 Piccadilly, London |
Died | 18 February 1857 | (aged 57)
Political party | Tory |
Spouse |
Harriet Greville (m. 1822) |
Children | 11, including: George Egerton, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere Hon. Francis Egerton Hon. Algernon Egerton |
Parent(s) | George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland Elizabeth Gordon, 19th Countess of Sutherland |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
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.[1][2] Ellesmere Island, a major island (10th in size among global islands) in Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, was named after him.