NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Egremont, George O'Brien Wyndham, Earl of, 1751-1837 NRA: Wyndham George O'Brien (1751-1837) 3rd Earl of Egremont DNB: Wyndham, George O'Brien, third earl of Egremont (1751-1837), art patron, agriculturist, and philanthropist LBT ID: LdEgrem3 VIAF ID: 59984107 LOC ID: nr91029925 | B/BAP: 1752-02-09 DIED: 1837-11-11 |
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Of Petworth; educated at Westminster School, he was an art collector and patron of J. M.
W. Turner, a lover of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and the father of four children by
Elizabeth Fox. He is thought to have fathered several of Lady Melbourne's children also,
among them the prime minister William Lamb. | |