John Percival was a politician, diarist, First Earl of Egmont, and and an instrumental figure in the founding of the North American colony of Georgia.
Reference:
Betty Wood, ‘Perceval, John, first earl of Egmont (1683-1748)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21911 [accessed 24 Aug 2011]).
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