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See also:EGMONT, EARLS OF . See also:John See also:Perceval, 1st See also:earl of Egmont (1683—1748), Irish politician, and partner with J. E. See also:Oglethorpe in See also:founding the See also:American See also:colony of See also:Georgia, was created earl in 1733. He claimed descent from the Egmonts of See also:Flanders, but his See also:title was taken from the See also:place in See also:County See also:Cork where the See also:family See also:residence stood. Its name of See also:Burton See also:House, and that of Burton See also:manor which formed See also:part of the family estates, were a See also:reminiscence of Burton in See also:Somerset, where was the earlier See also:English family See also:property of his See also:great-great-grandfather See also:Richard Perceval (1550—162o), See also:Burghley's See also:secret See also:agent, and author of a See also:Spanish See also:dictionary published in 1591, whose son See also:Sir See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip Perceval (1605—1647) acquired the Irish estates by judicious use of his opportunities as See also:commissioner for See also:land titles and of his See also:interest at See also:court. Sir Philip's son John, grandfather of the 1st earl, was made a See also:baronet in 1661. The first earl of Egmont (who had been made See also:Baron Perceval in 1715, and See also:Viscount Perceval in 1723) is chiefly important for his connexion with the colonization of Georgia, and for his voluminous letters and writings on See also:biography and See also:genealogy.
John Perceval, 2nd earl of Egmont (1711—1770), his eldest son, was an active politician, first See also:lord of the See also:admiralty (1763-1766), and See also:political pamphleteer, and like his See also:father an ardent genealogist. He was twice married, and had eight sons and eight daughters. One of his younger sons was See also:Spencer Perceval, See also:prime See also:minister of See also:England. His eldest son succeeded as 3rd earl, and the eldest by his second See also:marriage (with See also:Catherine See also:Compton, baroness of See also:Arden in See also:Ireland) was in 1802 created Baron Arden of the See also:United See also:Kingdom, a title which subsequently became merged in the Egmont earldom.
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