| Sir Alfred Mordaunt Egerton | |
| Birth Date: | 1843 3, df=y |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1861–1888 |
| Rank: | Colonel |
| Awards: | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander 1st Class of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous (Hesse) Order of Saint Anna, 2nd Class (Russia) Commander of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece) Commander of the Order of the North Star (Norway) |
Colonel Sir Alfred Mordaunt Egerton, (30 March 1843 – 26 May 1908) was an English soldier and courtier.
Alfred Mordaunt Egerton was born on 30 March 1843, the youngest son of the Rev. Thomas Egerton and his wife, Charlotte, daughter of Sir William Milner, Baronet. In 1878, he married the Honourable Mary Georgina Ormsby-Gore, DStJ, the daughter of William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech; she was a Lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Connaught.[1]
They had four sons:[2]
Egerton was schooled at Eton College between 1856 and 1859.[8] In 1861, he purchased a commission as an ensign in the Rifle Brigade.[9] He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 1863 to 1866, purchasing a promotion to lieutenant in 1865.[10] Egerton was subsequently with the 1st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade in Canada (1866–68) and then moved over to the Royal Horse Guards in 1869.[11]
By then a captain, in 1878 the Duke of Connaught appointed Egerton his equerry in the room of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Frederick Pickard.[12] In 1881, he was promoted to major and in 1888 retired with the honorary rank of colonel.[13] [14] He served as Comptroller and Treasurer to the Duke of Connaught from 1890. A keen shooter, rower, cricketer and cyclist, for his royal service Egerton was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1896, and a Commander (1901) and then Knight Commander (1905) of the Royal Victorian Order. He died on 26 May 1908. In 2011, Bonhams auctioned his set of medals and orders for £62,400, including the Commander 1st Class's badge of the Order of Philip of Hesse, the 2nd class badge of the Russian Order of St Anne, the Commander's badges of the Greek Order of the Redeemer and the Swedish Order of the North Star.[15]