Egerton Coghill

Sir Egerton Bushe Coghill, 5th Baronet (7 February 1853 – 9 October 1921) was an Irish painter.

Life and family Coghill was born on 7 February 1853 in Castletownshend, County Cork. He was the second son of Irish painter Sir John Joscelyn Coghill, 4th Baronet, and his wife the Hon. Katherine Frances, daughter of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket. Victoria Cross recipient Nevill Coghill was his elder brother. Edith Anna Somerville was his cousin. Coghill was succeeded as baronet by his eldest son Marmaduke Coghill, a soldier in both World Wars. His second son was Nevill Coghill, a professor at Oxford University, Coghill had no desire for publicity and was not competitive, which resulted in him showing his work relatively rarely.