Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829)

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Fran­cis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridge­wa­ter (b. 1756, d. 1829). More than 40 of his books in the Library, many includ­ing with a pre­sen­ta­tion inscrip­tion from the work’s author. Evi­dently this plate (“The Hon­ourable Fran­cis Henry Egerton, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, &c, &c, &c”) dates from his years in Paris, after 1802. A num­ber of books also carry the red stamp ‘Ashridge Library,’ per­haps indi­cat­ing that these came to Eng­land and were kept at Ashridge House, the Egerton fam­ily seat in Hert­ford­shire. To find these 40+ books, search in the main cat­a­logue: “Bridge­wa­ter, Fran­cis Henry Egerton, Earl of, 1756–1829, for­mer owner.“