Biography of Thomas Egerton 1st Earl Wilton 1749-1814

The London Gazette 15375. Whitehall, June 15, 1801.

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable William Lord Craven (age 30), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Uffington, in the County of Berks, and Earl of Craven in the County of York. [Louisa Brunton Countess Craven (age 16) by marriage Countess Craven in Yorkshire].

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honourable George Lord Onslow (age 69), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles, and Title of Viscount Cranley, of Cranley, in the County of Surrey, and Earl of Onslow, of Onslow, in the County of Salop. [Henrietta Shelley Countess Onslow (age 70) by marriage Countess Onslow.]

The King has also been pleased to grant the said Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Charles Lord Romney (age 56), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stiles, and Titles of Viscount Marsham of the Mote, in the County of Kent, and 1st Earl of Romney.

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Biitain and Ireland to the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Pelham (age 73), and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile, and Title of Earl of Chichester. [Anne Frankland Countess Chichester (age 66) by marriage Countess Chichester.]

The King has likewise been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton (age 51), and the Heirs Male, of his body lawfully begotten, by the Names, Stiles and Titles of Viscount Grey de Wilton, and Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle, in the County of Hereford, with Remainders to Thomas Grosvenor, Esq; Second Son, Robert Grosvenor, Esq. Third Son of the Right Honourable [his son-in-law] Robert Grosvenor (age 34), (commonly called Viscount Belgrave), by [his daughter] Eleanor (age 30) his Wife, Daughter of the said Thomas Lord Grey de Wilton, and the Fourth, Fifth, Sixths Seventh, and every other Son and Sons, of the said Eleanor by her present or any future Husband, hereafter to be begotten severally and successively, and the respective Heirs Male of their Bodies lawfully begotten. [[his wife] Eleanor Assheton Viscountess Wilton (age 48) by marriage Countess Wilton.]