Thomas Egerton was a bookseller and publisher in

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ca.1750–1830. With business partner John Egerton he took over the enterprise established by John Millan. For some years Egerton's office stood on

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. Books published included works by

Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

. Thomas Egerton died on 26 August 1830, in his 81st year, described as "of Whitehall". John Egerton married Mary Davis, daughter of bookseller

Lockyer John Davis Lockyer John Davis (1717–1791), was a bookseller and printer for the Royal Society. He was baptised at St Bartholomew-the-Great, London, on 14 November 1717.*Brack. O. M.,Davis, Lockyer John (1717–1791), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph ...

,''Stamford Mercury'', 23 January 1795 on 11 October 1783 in Westminster.England Marriages 1538-1973, Findmypast (subscription required) He died in January 1795.

Works Published by John and Thomas Egerton

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External links

* WorldCat
Thomas Egerton
* WorldCat
John Egerton
(his business partner, died in 1795) * Open Library
Fulltext works
published by T. Egerton, various dates
Label of Thomas Egerton, bookseller at 32 Charing Cross, London.
Dated 1781 * Egerton, T, Bookseller, 32, Charing-cross, ''Post Office Annual Directory'', 1808,

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