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{{Short description|English palaeontologist and Conservative politician}}
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'''Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (13 November 1806 – 5 April 1881) was an English [[palaeontologist]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician from the [[Egerton family]].  He sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] variously between 1830 and his death in 1881.
== Early life ==
Egerton was the son of [[Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet]] and his wife Rebecca Du Pre, daughter of [[Josias Du Pre]] of Wilton Park, Beaconsfield.  He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], where he graduated BA in 1828.<ref name=Debrett>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/debrettshouseo1881londuoft|title=Debrett's House of Commons|year=1867 |publisher=London Dean|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> While at college his interest in [[geology]] was aroused by the lectures of [[William Buckland]], and by his acquaintance with [[William Conybeare (geologist)|William D. Conybeare]].  He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1829.  He was elected Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in 1831, and was a trustee of the [[British Museum]].  When it was first established in 1834 he became a trustee of the Senate of the [[University of London]].
== Geological work ==
While travelling in [[Switzerland]] with [[William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen|Lord Cole]] (later to be 3rd [[Earl]] of [[Enniskillen]]) they were introduced to [[Louis Agassiz|Prof. L Agassiz]] at [[Neuchâtel|Neufchâtel]], and determined to make a special study of [[fossil fish]].  During the course of fifty years they gradually gathered together two of the largest and finest of private collections—that of Sir Philip Grey Egerton being at [[Oulton Park]], [[Tarporley]], Cheshire.
Egerton described the structure and affinities of numerous [[species]] in the publications of the [[Geological Society of London]], the ''Geological Magazine'' and the ''Decades of the Geological Survey''; and in recognition of his services the [[Wollaston medal]] was awarded to him in 1873 by the Geological Society.  He was elected [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] in 1831, and was a trustee of the [[British Museum]]. He was also a member of [[Grillion's|Grillion's Club]], and compiled a history of the club's first fifty years in a book: 'Grillion's Club: From Its Origin in 1812 To Its Fiftieth Anniversary', published in 1880.
He was a member of the founding council of the [[Ray Society]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ray and Palæontographical Societies. |journal=Midland Naturalist |date=1878 |volume=1 |pages=71–73}}</ref>
== Political life ==
Egerton was a prominent local dignitary, as [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Cheshire and [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]] for the county.  He held the post in the militia as Lieutenant Colonel in the [[Cheshire Yeomanry]].<ref name=Debrett/> He was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for the city of [[Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chester]] in 1830 but lost the seat in 1831.  He stood unsuccessfully at [[Cheshire South (UK Parliament constituency)|Cheshire South]] in 1832 but was elected in 1835 and held the seat until 1868. He was elected MP for [[West Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Cheshire]] from 1868 until his death in London on 5 April 1881.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|C|3|date=March 2024}}</ref>
== Legacy ==
Egerton's collection of fossil fishes is now in the Natural History Museum, London. He is commemorated in the scientific names of the [[Rusty-fronted barwing]] (''Actinodura egertoni'' [[John Gould|Gould]], 1836) and [[Early Jurassic]] brittle star fossil, ''[[Paleocoma|Palaeocoma]] egertoni'' ([[William Broderip|Broderip]], 1840),<ref>Broderip, W. J. (1840). Description of some fossil Crustacea and Radiata, found at [[Lyme Regis]], in Dorsetshire. ''Transactions of the geological Society of London'', '''2''', 390 - 396.</ref> although the latter is now considered a junior synonym of the [[type species]], ''[[Paleocoma|Palaeocoma]] milleri'' ([[John Phillips (geologist)|Phillips]], 1829).<ref>Phillips J. (1829). Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a description of the strata and organic remains of the Yorkshire Coast. Part 1. 192 pp. York.</ref>
The [[Egerton Dock|Egerton]] [[Bascule Bridge]] and [[Egerton Dock]], located at [[Birkenhead]], [[Wirral Peninsula]], England are also named in honour of Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton.
== Family ==
He married on 8 March 1832, Anna Elizabeth, third daughter of George John Legh
and had issue:
*Sir [[Philip le Belward Grey-Egerton, 11th Baronet]] (1833–1891), married Henrietta, daughter of [[Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough]]
*[[Anna Mary Elizabeth Grey-Egerton]] (1834-1927), married [[Henry Reginald Corbet]]
* Lt-Col [[Rowland Grey-Egerton]] (1838–1923), died unmarried
*[[Cecily Louisa Grey-Egerton]] ( -1920), married [[Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
;Bibliography
* {{cite book|first=Charles|last=Mosley|title=Burke's Peerage and Baronetage in Great Britain and Ireland|place=London|publisher=Cassells|date=2002|edition=106th }}
* {{cite book|first=Charles|last=Mosley|title=Burke's Peerage and Baronetage in Great Britain and Ireland|place=London|publisher=Cassells|date=2010|edition=107th }}
* {{cite book|first1=G.E.|last1=Cokayne|first2=H.|last2=Doubleday|first3=Vicary|last3=Gibbs|title=The Complete Peerage of extant, dormant, and abeyant titles and estates in Great Britain and Ireland|volume=13 volumes|place=London|publisher=St Catherine's Press|date=1949}}
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