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John Percival, Earl of Egmont. July 12, 1733 - statewide. Next to James Oglethorpe, he was the most important person in founding the Georgia colony. John Percival was born in County Cork, Ireland, and was educated at Magdalen College at Oxford. He won a seat in the Irish Parliament before he was appointed to the British Privy Council, the ...
Father. John Perceval Sr. Mother. Catherine Parker Perceval. Notes. -Elected to the Irish house of commons (1731) -Elected to the British house of commons (1741) -Sat at the House of Lords (1762) -Owned 65,000 acres in Florida -Owned 10,000 acres in Amelia Island -Never set foot in Amelia Island and was an absentee indigo plantation owner there.
John Viscount Percival, the earl of Egmont, was the first president of the common council and the dominant figure among the Trustees until his retirement in 1742. He acted as Georgia's champion in Parliament. From History of Georgia, by C. Howell.
In July 1755 Newcastle obtained the King’s approval of a scheme for strengthening the Government in the Commons by making Egmont a vice-treasurer of Ireland, Sir George Lee chancellor of the Exchequer, and Pitt a Cabinet minister. 9 Nothing came of it, and Egmont told Sir John Cust, 21 Oct. 1755, 10 that he declined employment because by the ...
Contributors: Robert G. McPherson Lee Ann Caldwell. The Journal of the Earl of Egmont reveals private historical records kept by John Percival, the first Earl of Egmont and secretary for the Common Council, a council appointed by the Charter of the colony of Georgia. A close friend of James Edward Oglethorpe, Egmont was instrumental in various ...
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont PC, FRS (25 February 1711 – 4 December 1770) was a British politician, political pamphleteer, and genealogist who served as First Lord of the Admiralty. He was the son and heir of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont by his wife Catherine Parker, daughter of Sir Philip Parker, 2nd Baronet of Arwarton. He was baptised at the Palace of Westminster, London. He ...
This Sir John married Catherine Parker in 1710, was created Viscount Perceval of Burton 1715, Viscount Perceval of Kanturk 1722 and 1st Earl of Egmont 1733. He died in 1748. John Perceval 2nd Earl of Egmont. His son Sir John 2nd Earl of Egmont, born 1683, married Catherine Cecil by whom he had 7 children. She died in 1752.
