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|name = Sir Robert Egerton<br />
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1827|4|15|df=yes}}<br />
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1912|9|30|1827|4|15|df=yes}}<br />
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|order1 = [[List of governors of Punjab (British India)|Lieutenant Governor of Punjab]]<br />
|term_start1 = 2 April 1877<br />
|term_end1 = 3 April 1882<br />
|governor_general1= [[Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton|The Earl of Lytton]]<br>[[George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon|The Marquess of Ripon]]<br />
|predecessor1 = [[Robert Henry Davies|Sir Henry Davies]]<br />
|successor1 = [[Charles Umpherston Aitchison|Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison]]<br />
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|alma_mater = [[Exeter College, Oxford]]<br>[[East India Company College]]<br />
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'''Sir Robert Eyles Egerton''' <small>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCSI|CIE}}</small> (15 April 1827 – 30 September 1912)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Egerton, Sir Robert Eyles, (15 April 1857–30 Sept. 1912), JP, DL; Bengal Civil Service (retired)|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-185685|access-date=2021-06-12|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u185685}}</ref> was a British administrator in the [[Indian Civil Service|Imperial Civil Service]] who served as a member of the [[Imperial Legislative Council]] and as [[Lieutenant Governor]] of the [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2 October 1912|title=Sir Robert Egerton|work=[[The Times]]|issue=40019|location=London}}</ref> <br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born into the [[Egerton family]], the youngest son of William Egerton.<ref name="Dictionary of Indian Biography">Buckland, C. E.. Dictionary of Indian Biography. India, Indological Book House, 1971.</ref> He was educated at [[Exeter College, Oxford]], and the [[East India Company College]].<ref name="Dictionary of Indian Biography">Buckland, C. E.. Dictionary of Indian Biography. India, Indological Book House, 1971.</ref><br />
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He began his career in India in 1849. During the [[Indian Mutiny of 1857]] he served as Deputy Commissioner at Lahore. In 1869 he was appointed Commissioner of [[Nagpur]], and in 1871 was made Financial Commissioner of the Punjab. Between 1871 and 1874 he also served as a member of the Governor General's [[Imperial Legislative Council]]. In 1879 he was appointed [[List of governors of Punjab (British India)|Lieutenant Governor]] of the [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]]. Egerton retired from service at the end of his term in 1882.<ref name="Dictionary of Indian Biography">Buckland, C. E.. Dictionary of Indian Biography. India, Indological Book House, 1971.</ref><br />
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[[Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton|Lord Lytton]] described Egerton as an administrator with 'loyalty and good sense' and 'a tower of strength to the Administration'.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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==Personal life==<br />
On 18 April 1853 he married Mary Warren, with whom he had seven children.<ref>Burke, Bernard, and Burke, Ashworth Peter. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry .... United Kingdom, Harrison, 1891.</ref> His daughter, Frances Mary Egerton, married [[William Mackworth Young|Sir William Mackworth Young]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==References==<br />
*{{cite news |title=Obituary – Sir Robert Egerton |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=2 October 1912 |page=11}}<br />
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