Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton
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| image = Maurice Egerton.jpg
| caption = Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton, in Royal Navy uniform
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| tenure = 1920 – 1958
| predecessor = Alan Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton
| successor = barony became extinct
| birth_date = 4 August 1874
| death_date = 30 January 1958
| noble family = Egerton family
Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton (uncle)
Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache (aunt)
William Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton (grandfather)
| father = Alan Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton
}}
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Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton (4 August 1874 – 30 January 1958) was a member of the Egerton family and was the only son of Alan de Tatton Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton and his wife Lady Anna Louisa.
Biography
Egerton was known as an aviation and motor car enthusiast,{{cite web|url=http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/lifestyle/features/2182891.The_magnificent_Baron_and_his_flying_machines/|title=The magnificent Baron and his flying machines|date= 9 April 2008|accessdate=20 November 2014|author=Frances Kindon|publisher=Warrington Guardian}} a friend to the Wright brothers. His name is listed on the Memorial to the Home of Aviation on the Isle of Sheppey, marking him out as a pioneering early aviator.
Egerton served as lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve{{Cite book|title = The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms|last = Pine|first = L.G.|publisher = Genealogical Publishing Company|year = 1972|isbn = 0806305215|location = London, UK|pages = 112–113}} during the First World War after which he was granted some land in Ngata area near Nakuru in Kenya under the Soldier Settlement Scheme. He later purchased a further 21,000 acres around the same area from Lord Delamere.{{Cite web|url = http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Castle-that-was-built-for-a-hard-to-please-lover/-/539444/2884130/-/11sxfj7/-/index.html|title = Castle that was built for a hard-to-please lover|date = 2015-09-24|accessdate = 2015-09-25|website = Business Daily Africa|publisher = Nation Media Group|last = Kiereini|first = Douglas}} On this land, Egerton founded a school in 1939 named Egerton Farm School (now Egerton University).{{cite web|url=http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/10521558.print/|title=Foundation calls for backing of link with Kenyan sister school|date= 9 July 2013|accessdate=20 November 2014|author=James Wilson|publisher=Knutsford Guardian}} The school was meant to prepare white European youth for careers in agriculture. Also on his land he built Lord Egerton Castle from 1938 to 1954.
Egerton did not marry and on his death in 1958 the barony became extinct, and Tatton Park was given to the National Trust while Lord Egerton Castle was given to Egerton University, who manage it to this day.{{cite news|date=15 May 2014|title=Lord Egerton's magnificent castle|publisher=Business Daily|url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/magazines/Lord-Egerton-s-magnificent-castle/1248928-2315968-view-asAMP-tuw03q/index.html}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.tattonpark.org.uk/what_to_see_and_do/mansion/the_egertons/maurice.aspx Tatton Park - Maurice Egerton 1874 - 1958]
- [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F63220 Egerton, Maurice (1874-1958) 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton]
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