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Sir Charles Egerton was a 17th-century English politician.
He represented the seat of Ripon in Yorkshire between 1645 and December 1648, when he was removed in Pride's Purge.
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Sir Charles Egerton was a 17th-century English politician.
He represented the seat of Ripon in Yorkshire between 1645 and December 1648, when he was removed in Pride's Purge.
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