Francis
Egerton,
the second son of the 1st Duke of Sutherland was born in 1800. He
married the daughter of Charles Greville in 1822.
Egerton
was elected to the House of Commons in
1935 where he represented Lancashire South. A Tory,
Egerton was strongly opposed to factory legislation.
Egerton
was created the 1st Earl of Ellesmere in July 1846. Francis Egerton,
1st
Earl of Ellesmere,
died on
18th February 1857.
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Francis
Egerton, speech, House of Commons (9th
May, 1836)
I
perceive that the growth of the cotton manufacture in America has
proceeded with a rapidity almost equal to our own, and that of France,
although the progress has not been so great, it is still but little
short, and quite sufficient to make me deeply apprehensive. I therefore
think that any legislation by which our manufactures are likely to
be effected, we should keep the increased production of foreign countries
closely in view.
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