John James Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont (29 January 1737/38 – 25 February 1822), styled Viscount Perceval from 1748 to 1770, was a British politician.Charles Mosley, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes'' (

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, 2003), volume 1, page 1287.

Early life

He was the eldest son of

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and, his first wife, Lady Catherine Cecil, and half-brother of

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. From his parents' marriage, he had a number of younger siblings, including Hon. Cecil Parker Perceval (who died while at

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), Hon. Philip Tufton Perceval (a captain in the

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), Hon. Edward Perceval (a captain in the

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, who married Sarah Howarth), and Hon. Catherine Perceval (wife of

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). After his mother died in 1752, his father married Catherine Compton (sister of the

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and 8th Earls of Northampton), with whom he had another three sons and six daughters. His paternal grandparents were

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and the former Catherine Parker (a daughter of Sir Philip Parker, 2nd Baronet). His maternal grandparents were

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and the former Lady Anne Tufton (a daughter of 6th Earl of Thanet).

Career

Perceval served as Member of Parliament for

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from 1762 to 1768. Perceval was also initially declared re-elected in 1768, but on petition, he was judged not to have been duly elected and his opponent,

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, was seated in his place. During his period in office, Perceval served in

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's government. On 4 December 1770, he succeeded his father as

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and, as his father also held the British peerage of Baron Lovel and Holland, entered the

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. His father had rebuilt

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in Somerset.

Personal life

On 4 June 1765, he married Isabella Powlett (d. 1821), daughter of

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(son of the 2nd Duke of Bolton and

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, herself a granddaughter of King Charles II) and Lady Isabella Tufton (a daughter of the 6th Earl of Thanet). They had one son: *

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(1767–1835), who married Bridget Wynn, daughter of Lt.-Col. Glynn Wynn, MP for

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, and Bridget Pugh (a daughter of Edward Philip Pugh of Penrhyn-Creuddyn), in 1792. Lord Egmont died on 25 February 1822 and was succeeded in his titles by his only son,

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. A journal of the earl, compiled by

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and edited by Charles Colcock Jones Jr., was published in 1886.

Descendants

Through his only son John, he was a grandfather of Henry Frederick John James Perceval, 5th Earl of Egmont, who died without issue in 1841 after which the titles passed to other descendants of the 2nd Earl.

References

External links

* 1730s births 1822 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Tory MPs (pre-1834) British MPs 1761–1768 Earls of Egmont John, 3rd Earl {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub