Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
(1800-1857)
Earl of Ellesmere and politician
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Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG, PC (1 January 1800 – 18 February 1857), known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts. Ellesmere Island, a major island (10th in size among global islands) in Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, was named after him.
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1 January 1800
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18 February 1857 (aged 57)
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George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland · Father · 1758-1833 · English politician, diplomat and landowner
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