Maurice Egerton (4 August 1874 – 30 January 1958) was the fourth

Baron Egerton Baron Egerton, of Tatton in the County Palatine of Chester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 April 1859 for William Egerton (1806–1883), a politician from the Egerton family. History William Egerton (1 ...

. He was a member of the

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and was the only son of Alan de Tatton Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton and his wife Lady Anna Louisa. Maurice was known as an aviation and motor car enthusiast, a friend to the Wright brothers. His name is listed on the

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on the

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, marking him out as a pioneering early aviatior. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the

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after which he was granted some land in Ngata area near

Nakuru Nakuru is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is the capital of Nakuru County, and was formerly the capital of Rift Valley Province. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban and rural population of 570,674 inhabitants, making it the largest ...

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under the Soldier Settlement Scheme. He later purchased a further 21,000 acres around the same area from Lord Delamere. On this land, he founded a school in 1939 named Egerton Farm School (now

Egerton University Egerton University is a public university in Kenya. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Kenya. Location The main campus of the university is located in Njoro, a small community approximately , southwest of the town of Nakuru. T ...

). The school was meant to prepare white European youth for careers in agriculture. Also on his land he built

Lord Egerton Castle Lord Egerton Castle is a house styled like a fortress located 14 km outside Nakuru, Kenya. The foundation was laid in 1938 by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton Maurice Egerton (4 August 1874 – 30 January 1958) was the fourth Baron Egerton. ...

from 1938 to 1954. Maurice did not marry and on his death in 1958 the barony became extinct, and

Tatton Park Tatton Park is an historic estate in Cheshire, England, north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall, a medieval manor house, Tatton Old Hall, Tatton Park Gardens, a farm and a deer park of . It is a popular visitor attr ...

was given to the

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while Lord Egerton Castle was given to Egerton University, who manage it to this day.

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Tatton Park - Maurice Egerton 1874 - 1958

Egerton, Maurice (1874-1958) 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton
{{DEFAULTSORT:Egerton, Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron 1874 births 1958 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Maurice Maurice may refer to: People * Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr * Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and ...

Settlers of Kenya British emigrants to Kenya Eldest sons of British hereditary barons Tatton family