British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts (1800-1857)

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Francis Egerton, first Earl of Ellesmere. Mezzotint by H. Cousins after J. Bostock, 1837.

A letter to the Right Hon. Lord Francis Egerton, President Elect of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, containing observations on statements made by its officers in the volume of the Transactions published in April, 1842 / [Alexander Nasmyth].

British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting at Manchester, 1842: presidential address by Lord Francis Egerton. Mezzotint by G.H. Adcock after R.W. Buss, 1842.

Guide to Northern archaeology / By the Royal society of northern antiquaries of Copenhagen, edited for the use of English readers by ... the Earl of Ellesmere.

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Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

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Guide to Northern archaeology / By the Royal society of northern antiquaries of Copenhagen, edited for the use of English readers by ... the Earl of Ellesmere.