John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, KB, PC (9 November 1646 – 19 March 1701) was an English politician.

He was the eldest son of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater and his wife Elizabeth Cavendish. His maternal grandparents were William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and his first wife Elizabeth Basset.

On 17 November 1664, he married Lady Elizabeth Cranfield, daughter of James Cranfield, 2nd Earl of Middlesex. She gave birth to a son, but died in childbirth. He married his second wife on 2 April 1673, Lady Jane Paulet, eldest daughter of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton.

In 1673 and until as late as 1685, Brackley was colonel of the Buckinghamshire Militia Horse and Foot, commissioned by his father who was the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. The Egertons used the militia to harass Quakers and Baptists in the county.

Egerton served as a Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire as a Whig from 1685 until his father's death in 1686, when he became a member of the House of Lords upon succeeding to the earldom. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire following his father's death, but was dismissed after his first period in office by King James II for refusing to produce a list of Catholics to serve as officers in the English Militia. Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater (11 August 1681 – 11 January 1744/5) Hon. William Egerton (1684-15 July 1732), MP and soldier Hon. Henry Egerton, Bishop of Hereford (10 February 1689 – 1 April 1746). Married Elizabeth Ariana Bentinck, a daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland and his second wife Jane Martha Temple. They were parents to John Egerton, Bishop of Durham. Hon. John Egerton (d. c.1707), a Page of Honour Hon. Charles Egerton (d. 7 November 1725). Married Catherine Greville. His wife was a sister of William Greville, 7th Baron Brooke. Lady Elizabeth Egerton. Married Thomas Catesby Paget. Her husband was a son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Mary Catesby. They were parents of Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge.