Baptised on 28th August 1874 in Grosvenor Chapel, Westminster, London, father Alan De Tatton Egerton and mother Anna Louisa Egerton.
Maurice Egerton was the fourth Baron Egerton.
He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War.
Maurice was granted some land in Ngata area near Nakuru in Kenya under the Soldier Settlement Scheme and later purchased a further 21,000 acres around the same area from Lord Delamere.
On this land, he founded a school in 1939 named Egerton Farm School (now Egerton University) and built Lord Egerton Castle from 1938 to 1954.
Maurice did not marry and on his death the barony became extinct.
Tatton Park was given to the National Trust and Lord Egerton Castle given to Egerton University.
Maurice Egerton was the fourth Baron Egerton.
He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War.
Maurice was granted some land in Ngata area near Nakuru in Kenya under the Soldier Settlement Scheme and later purchased a further 21,000 acres around the same area from Lord Delamere.
On this land, he founded a school in 1939 named Egerton Farm School (now Egerton University) and built Lord Egerton Castle from 1938 to 1954.
Maurice did not marry and on his death the barony became extinct.
Tatton Park was given to the National Trust and Lord Egerton Castle given to Egerton University.
Baptised on 28th August 1874 in Grosvenor Chapel, Westminster, London, father Alan De Tatton Egerton and mother Anna Louisa Egerton.
Maurice Egerton was the fourth Baron Egerton.
He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War.
Maurice was granted some land in Ngata area near Nakuru in Kenya under the Soldier Settlement Scheme and later purchased a further 21,000 acres around the same area from Lord Delamere.
On this land, he founded a school in 1939 named Egerton Farm School (now Egerton University) and built Lord Egerton Castle from 1938 to 1954.
Maurice did not marry and on his death the barony became extinct.
Tatton Park was given to the National Trust and Lord Egerton Castle given to Egerton University.
Maurice Egerton was the fourth Baron Egerton.
He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War.
Maurice was granted some land in Ngata area near Nakuru in Kenya under the Soldier Settlement Scheme and later purchased a further 21,000 acres around the same area from Lord Delamere.
On this land, he founded a school in 1939 named Egerton Farm School (now Egerton University) and built Lord Egerton Castle from 1938 to 1954.
Maurice did not marry and on his death the barony became extinct.
Tatton Park was given to the National Trust and Lord Egerton Castle given to Egerton University.
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