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Earl of Egmont
a title in the Peerage of Ireland. The Mount Taranaki known as
Mount Egmont got its name from John Perceval, second of Earl of
Egmont. He was born in 1711 and was a British politician,
genealogist and political pamphleteer. The name to mount was
given by James Cook. John Perceval first of Earl Egmont was born
in 1683, in County Cork Ireland, he was an Irish politician.
John Perceval first Earl of Egmont married in 1710 Catherine
Parker and they also named their son John who became the second
Earl of Egmont. John Perceval second Earl of Egmont married
twice, and had sicxteen children, eight daughters and eight
sons. From 1763 to 1766 he served as First Lord of the
Admiralty. James Cook named the mount “Mount Egmont” in thank of
the encouragement he got from the second Earl of Egmont for his
first trip. |
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