Piers Egerton-Warburton

Who was Piers Egerton-Warburton?

Piers Egerton-Warburton was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1876 to 1885.

Egerton-Warburton was the eldest son of Rowland Eyles Egerton and his wife Mary Brooke, daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Baronet. His father assumed the additional surname Warburton on inheriting estates of his great uncle Sir Peter Warburton. Egerton-Warburton was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a captain in the Earl of Chester's Yeomanry Cavalry and a J.P. for Cheshire.

In 1876 Egerton-Warburton was elected Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire. He held the seat until 1885.

Egerton-Warburton lived at Arley Hall near Northwich and died at the age of 74.

Egerton-Warburton married Hon. Antoinette Elizabeth Saumarez, daughter of John St Vincent Saumarez, 3rd Baron de Saumarez in 1880.