The Earl of Wilton; The Commodore. Issue No. 251. (Original Lithograph.)
London: Vanity Fair, 1873. Original colour lithograph. 13.5 x 8.5 inches, accompanied by 1 page of letterpress description. Very Good+. Published in Vanity Fair, 23 August 1873.
Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton GCH, PC (30 December 1799 – 7 March 1882), known as Thomas Grosvenor until 1814, was a British nobleman and Tory politician. He served as Lord Steward of the Household in 1835 in Sir Robert Peel's first administration. Wilton was the second son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster and his wife Lady Eleanor Egerton, daughter of Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton. Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster was his elder brother and Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury, his younger brother. In 1814, at the age of 14, he succeeded to the earldom of Wilton according to a special remainder on the death of his maternal grandfather. He assumed by sign manual the surname of Egerton in lieu of Grosvenor in 1821. He also inherited Heaton Park through his maternal grandfather. Item #18-3329
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