Peter Egerton-Warburton
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| Born |
Peter Egerton August 16, 1813 Arley Hall, Norley, Cheshire, England |
| Died | November 5, 1889 (aged 76) |
| Resting place | St Matthew's Church, Kensington, South Australia |
| Education | Private tutors, England and France (Orleans and Paris) |
| Occupation | Commissioner of Police |
| Years active | 1853-1867 |
| Employer | South Australia Police |
| Organization | Colony of South Australia |
| Notable work | CMG, 1875 |
| Title | Commissioner of Police |
| Partner(s) | Alicia Mant |
Colonel Peter Egerton-Warburton CMG (1813-1889), was a British military officer, Commissioner of Police for South Australia, and an Australian explorer. In 1872 he sealed his legacy through a particularly epic from Adelaide crossing the arid centre of Australia to the coast of Western Australia via Alice Springs.
Peter Egerton-Warburton was born into the aristocratic Egerton family on 16 August 1813 at Norley, Cheshire, England, a son of Rev. Rowland Egerton BA. He was one of the younger brothers of the landowner and benefactor Rowland Egerton-Warburton, who inherited the ancestral title and estates. He was educated at home in Cheshire and by tutors in France before being commissioned in the Royal Navy at the age of 12, serving as a Midshipman in HMS Windsor Castle.
He was then seconded to the Indian Army and served in India from 1831 until 1853, before retiring as Deputy Adjutant-General with the rank of Major.
Egerton-Warburton married on 8 October 1838 Alicia (who died 1892), daughter of Henry Mant, a solicitor, however by the time of his arrival in Australia, he had adopted the name Peter Egerton-Warburton. This came about because his father, Rowland Egerton, was in remainder to the Egerton baronetcy, and so assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Warburton in accordance with the terms of his wife's inheritance, viz. the Arley and Warburton estates.
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