| Description | Includes papers on marriage settlements of Alice and Mary Egerton Warburton, 1859-1909.
Background
The Warburton Baronetcy
Peter Warburton VIII was succeeded by his brother, George Warburton I (1623-76), who was created a Baronet by Charles II (1660), and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire (1662). He died, aged 53, on 18 May 1676, and was buried at Budworth, Cheshire. The second baronet was Sir Peter IX (d.1698) whose son was the third baronet, Sir George II (1675-1743). Sir George was elected as Member of Parliament for Cheshire from 1702 to 1705 and from 1710 to 1722, but died without issue. His successor, the fourth baronet, was Sir Peter X (c.1708-74), the son of Sir George's brother, Thomas. Sir Peter married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby (1689-1776), and their eldest son was the fifth baronet, Sir Peter XI (1754-1813).
The Egerton Warburton Family
The death of the fifth Baronet, without issue, ended the baronetcy, but his estates were inherited by his grand-nephew. Sir Peter XI's sister, Emma, had married John Croxton of Norley Bank, Cheshire, and their daughter, Emma Croxton (1782-1881) had married Rev. Rowland Egerton (1778-1846) who assumed the additional name Warburton by royal licence in 1813. It was the eldest of their sons, the poet Rowland Eyles Egerton Warburton (1804-91), who inherited the Warburton estates from the last Baronet, his grand-uncle. One of Rowland's younger brothers was the explorer Peter Egerton Warburton (1813-89). It was at the request of Rowland Egerton Warburton that the antiquary, William Beamont (1797-1889), compiled a calendar of the family's charters in 1866. |