Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton (4 August 1874 – 30 January 1958) was a member of the

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and was the only son of

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and his wife Lady Anna Louisa.

Biography

Egerton was known as an aviation and motor car enthusiast, a friend to the

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. His name is listed on the

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on the

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, marking him out as a pioneering early aviator. Egerton served as lieutenant in the

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during the

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after which he was granted some land in Ngata area near

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

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

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from 1938 to 1954. Egerton did not marry and on his death in 1958 the

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became extinct, and

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was given to the

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

References

External links

Tatton Park - Maurice Egerton 1874 - 1958

Egerton, Maurice (1874-1958) 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton
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