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English: John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater (1579-1649). Oil on panel, 28½ x 23¾ in. Description from Ashridge House website: 'Wrongly inscribed 'Thomas, Lord Cromwell, in King Henry ye VIII, his tyme'. On loan from a private collection to Ashridge, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Egerton was the son of Lord Chancellor Ellesmere and his first wife Elizabeth Ravenscroft. C. 1601 he married Lady Frances Stanley. MP 1601. Knight 1603. Earl 1617. Privy Councillor 1626. Lord Lieutenant of Wales 1631-42. This is possibly not far from w:Paul van Somer's portrait of Egerton's wife Lady Frances Stanley, Countess of Bridgewater. The ruff is unusual and may have been overpainted.' |
| Date | between 1617 and 1619 |
| Source | [1] |
| Author | British School. (w:Paul van Somer I (c. 1577 – 1621) or Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661)). |
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