John Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont

John James Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont (29 January 1737/38 – 25 February 1822), styled Viscount Perceval from 1748 to 1770, was a British politician.

Early life

He was the eldest son of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont and, his first wife, Lady Catherine Cecil, and half-brother of Spencer Perceval. Hon. Philip Tufton Perceval (a captain in the Royal Navy), Hon. Edward Perceval (a captain in the Royal Dragoon Guards, who married Sarah Howarth), and Hon. Catherine Perceval (wife of Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough). After his mother died in 1752, his father married Catherine Compton (sister of the 7th and 8th Earls of Northampton), with whom he had another three sons and six daughters.

Descendants Through his only son John, he was a grandfather of Henry Frederick John James Perceval, 5th Earl of Egmont, who died without issue in 1841 after which the titles passed to other descendants of the 2nd Earl.