| Authorised form of name | Percival; Sir; John (1683 - 1748); 1st Earl of Egmont; politician and diarist |
| Other forms of surname | Percivale |
| Perceval |
| Dates | 1683 - 1748 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Burton, County Cork, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 12 July 1683 |
| Place of death | London, England |
| Date of death | 01 May 1748 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Erwarton, Suffolk, County of Suffolk, England |
| Activity | Education:
Westminster School; Magdalen College, Oxford (matriculated 1699)
Career:
MP for County Cork (1703-1715); MP for Harwich (1727-1734); Privy Councillor (Ireland) (1704); Recorder of Harwich (1728-1734); first President of Georgia (1732)
Honours:
Baron Perceval of Burton (1715); Viscount Perceval of Kanturk (1723); Earl (1733) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/12/1701 |
| Age at election | 18 |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir John Percivale, Bart, or Burton, Kanturk, Co Cork (FRS 1681), and Catherine daughter of Sir Edward Dering, Bart.
His parents died when he was a child and his guardian was Sir Robert Southwell (FRS 1663); nephew of Sir Philip Percivale (FRS 1675); succeeded his brother as 5th Bart; married Catherine, daughter of Sir Philip Parker, Bart, of Erwarton, Suffolk, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Samuel Fortnay |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Thomas; Sedgwick
References:
Gentleman's Magazine' 1748, p236 (obituary) |
| Code | NA5726 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| DM/5/102 | A list of benefactors to the Museum, to the value of £5 or upwards at one time | c.1737 |