page_title: Earl of Bridgewater
section_title: Holders of the title
hierarchical_section_title: Earl of Bridgewater / Holders of the title
context_page_description: Earl of Bridgewater is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, once for the Daubeny family and once for the Egerton family. From 1720 to 1803, the Earls of Bridgewater also held the title of Duke of Bridgewater. The 3rd Duke of Bridgewater is famously known as the "Canal Duke", for his creation of a series of canals in North West England.
caption: Arms of Baron Daubeney – also known as, Dabney.[1] Not to be confused with their cousins, the Abney & Abney-Hastings family. Coat of arms: Gules, 4 fusils conjoined in fess argent.  The arms are derived from their ancestral home of Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné.