Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere

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Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere VD (5 April 1847 – 13 July 1914) was a British peer and racehorse owner.

The son of the 2nd Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Mary Louisa Campbell, he succeeded to his father's titles in 1862. In 1891, he became Honorary Colonel of the 7th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment and in 1896, of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, in which he had served as a junior officer. Egerton has received the Volunteer Decoration (VD).

On 9 December 1868, he married Lady Katherine Louisa Phipps, daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Normanby. They had eleven children, six daughters and five sons, including his heir John Egerton.

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• thePeerage. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Egerton	Earl of Ellesmere 1862 – 1914	Succeeded by John Egerton