John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont
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John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont (1711-1770), was a British politician, political pamphleteer, and genealogist. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1763 to 1766. He was twice married, and had eight sons and eight daughters. One of his younger sons was Spencer Perceval, later British Prime Minister.
Mount Egmont in New Zealand was named after him by James Cook in recognition of his encouragement of Cook's first voyage. Since the 1980s, the mountain has officially been entitled Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont, to give equal recognition to its Maori and English names.
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