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John Perceval

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Data Last Updated: 3 May 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 24 February 1711

Died: 20 December 1770

Peerages

2nd Earl of Egmont - 1 May 1748

1st Baron Lovel and Holland - 7 May 1762

Member of Privy Council - 9 January 1755

father of Charles George Perceval

father of Spencer Perceval

son of John Perceval

son of Catherine Dering

husband of Lady Catherine Cecil

husband of Catherine Compton

father of John James Perceval

grandfather of Spencer Horatio Walpole

Appointments

Postmaster-General	November 1762	September 1763
First Lord of the Admiralty	September 1763	August 1766

Elections fought

19 April 1754		Bridgewater		119	70.41
28 March 1761		Bridgewater
May 1762 Elevation of Rt Hon the Earl of Egmont to the Peerage - Baron Lovel and Holland.