Edwin Henry Egerton
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Sir Edwin Egerton GCMG KCB |
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| British Ambassador to Italy | |
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In office 1905–1908 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Francis Bertie |
| Succeeded by | Sir Rennell Rodd |
| British Ambassador to Spain | |
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In office 1903–1904 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Mortimer Durand |
| Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Nicolson |
| British Ambassador to Greece | |
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In office 1892–1903 |
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| Preceded by | Hon. Edmund Monson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Francis Elliot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 November 1841 |
| Died | 8 July 1916 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Religion | Church of England |
Sir Edwin Henry Egerton, GCMG, KCB (8 November 1841 – 8 July 1916) was a British diplomat who was envoy to Greece and ambassador to Spain and Italy.
Edwin Egerton was educated at Eton College and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1859 as an attaché at St Petersburg. He was Secretary of Legation at Buenos Aires 1879–1881 and at Athens 1881–85;Consul-General in Egypt 1884–85; Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople in 1885 and at Paris 1885–86;Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece 1892–1903;Ambassador to Spain 1903–04 and Ambassador to Italy 1905–08.
When Egerton retired in 1908, The Times correspondent in Rome wrote:
Egerton was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1886, and knighted as a Knight Commander (KCB) of the same order in 1897. He received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and was invested as such by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 8 August 1902.
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