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Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater (21 May 1736 – 8 March 1803), known as Lord Francis Egerton until 1748, was a British nobleman from the Egerton family. He was the youngest son of the 1st Duke. He did not marry, and the Dukedom expired with him, although the Earldom was inherited by a cousin, Lieutenant-General John Egerton.
A pioneer of naval construction he was famous as the originator of British inland navigation, the commissioner of the Bridgewater Canal—often said to be the first true canal in Britain, and the modern world. (see below for a qualification)— The canal was built for him by James Brindley to service his coal mines at Worsley, in Lancashire.''
==Forebears==
(詳細はScroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater (1681–1745) was the son of the 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, and was created a Duke in 1720; he was the great-grandson of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater (d. 1649; cr. 1617), whose name is associated with the production of Milton's ''Comus''; and the latter was the son of Sir Thomas Egerton (1540–1617), Queen Elizabeth's Lord Keeper and James I.'s Lord Chancellor, who was created Baron Ellesmere in 1603, and Viscount Brackley in 1616.
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