John II Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, Viscount Perceval, Irish and English peer and Somerset landowner, 2nd Earl of Egmont in the Peerage of Ireland, 2nd Baron Perceval of Burton, 2nd Viscount Perceval of Kanturk, 2nd Baron Lovel and Holland in the Peerage of Great Britain, Member of Parliament for Dingle, Westminster, Weobley, Bridgwater and Ilchester, Postmaster General, First Lord of the Admiralty, Privy Counsellor, Fellow of the Royal Society., Lady Catherine Cecil, by marriage Countess of Egmont from 1 May 1748.
Dates: 24 February 1711–4 May 1770
Biography
John Perceval succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Egmont in 1748 and was a substantial landowner in Ireland and Somerset. The local source records him as lord of Eley or Aley Green and several neighbouring Somerset estates.
Notes / Sources
The source establishes his association with Eley or Aley Green but does not identify the date or legal instrument by which he acquired it.
Research sources:
- Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Proceedings, vol. 43, paper on Over Stowey and the Stoke Courcy records, p. 76; the passage lists John II, Earl of Egmont, as lord of “Eley (or Aley Green)” and other local estates. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Proceedings_of_the_Somersetshire_Archaeological_and_Natural_History_Society_%28IA_proceedingsofsom43some%29.pdf
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perceval,_2nd_Earl_of_Egmont
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Perceval of Burton and Egmont
Father: John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont
Mother: Catherine Parker, daughter and coheir of Sir Philip Parker, 2nd Baronet
Spouse(s): Lady Catherine Cecil, daughter of James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury; Catherine Compton, later Baroness Arden of Lohort Castle
Children / next generation: John James Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont; Cecil Parker Perceval; Philip Tufton Perceval; Edward Perceval; Lady Catherine Perceval, later wife of Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough; Margaret Perceval; Frederick Augustus Perceval; Charles George Perceval, later 1st Baron Arden of Arden; Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister; Henry Perceval; Mary Perceval; Frances Perceval, later Baroness Redesdale; Margaret Perceval, later wife of Thomas Walpole
Armorial Registry
Cecil of Salisbury — paternal arms of Lady Catherine Cecil
Branch: Salisbury branch of Cecil, descended from Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, younger son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Issued / recorded: 15 August 1719
Perceval–Lovel of Egmont — John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont
Branch: Perceval of Burton and Egmont, with the Lovel quartering inherited through the Perceval line
Issued / recorded: 1733
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