John Percival, 1st Earl of Egmont ( 1683 - 1748 )

Birth: Burton, County Cork, Ireland (12 July 1683) Death: London (01 May 1748) Burial: Erwarton, Suffolk 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: Fellow Election Date: 3/12/1701 Council: 1702, 1707, 1709, 1718, 1720, 1723, 1727, 1729.