Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 10th Baronet

Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton (* November 13, 1806, † April 6, 1881 in London ), 10th Baronet, FRS was an English palaeontologist and the son of Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet.

He was educated at the colleges of Eton and Christ Church, and received his BA in 1828. Yet during college he became interested in geology, inspired by the lectures of William Buckland and through his acquaintance with William D. Conybeare.

On a trip through Switzerland with William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen, they were presented in Neuchâtel Louis Agassiz, and decided to conduct a joint study of fossil fish. Over the next 50 years, the two two each have their own fossil collections built up. Those of Philip Grey Egerton was at Oulton Park, Tarporley, Cheshire. It was the British passed museum after his death.

Egerton described numerous species and discussed their phylogenetic relationships to other species in the Transactions of the Geological Society of London, the Geological Magazine and in the Decades of the Geological Survey. In recognition of his services to him in 1873 the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society was awarded. In 1831 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was representative of the British Museum. He was also a member of Grillion 's Club and provided a history of the first 50 years of the club in his book Grillion 's Club: From Its Origin in 1812 To Its Fiftieth Anniversary together, which appeared in 1880.

As a member of the House of Commons in 1830 he was the representative of the constituency of Chester, including Chester and parts of its environment. From 1835 to 1868 he represented the constituency of South Cheshire and between 1868-1881 the constituency of West Cheshire.

Egerton died on 6 April 1881 in London. To him, the Rotstirnsibia ( Actinodura egertoni ) was named from the family of babblers honor.