Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley

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Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley, was an influential English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and later as Lord Chancellor under Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.

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Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English lawyer ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of England ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
appointedLordChancellor 1603 ⓘ
appointedLordKeeper 1596 ⓘ
birthPlace Cheshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Cheshire
birthYear 1540 ⓘ
burialPlace Dodleston, Cheshire, England ⓘ
child John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdBaron Baron Ellesmere ⓘ
createdViscount Viscount Brackley ⓘ
dateCreatedBaronEllesmere 1603 ⓘ
dateCreatedViscountBrackley 1616 ⓘ
deathDate 1617-03-15 ⓘ
deathPlace York House, London, England ⓘ
linked to: York House, London
educatedAt Brasenose College, Oxford ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
era Elizabethan era ⓘ
Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
father Sir Richard Egerton ⓘ
fieldOfWork equity jurisprudence ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Viscount Brackley ⓘ
legalTradition English common law ⓘ
linked to: English law
memberOf Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
Privy Council of England ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
monarchServed Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
name Thomas Egerton ⓘ
notableFor influence on English equity law ⓘ
service as Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
service as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryService Member of Parliament for Cheshire ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal ⓘ
Master of the Rolls ⓘ
Solicitor General for England and Wales ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence York House, Strand, London ⓘ
linked to: York House, London
spouse Alice Spencer ⓘ
Elizabeth Ravenscroft ⓘ
Elizabeth Wolley ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egerton → hasNotableBearer → Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley ⓘ
Egerton family → notableMember → Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley ⓘ
Alice Spencer → spouse → Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley ⓘ
John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater → father → Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley ⓘ