John Egleton

John Egleton (1698-1727) was a British stage actor.

He was a member of the Lincoln's Inn Fields company between 1717 and 1726, and also routinely performed at the summer fairs in London. In 1721 he married the actress Jane Giffard.

Selected roles

 * Florio in The Traitor by Christopher Bullock (1718)
 * Ranger in The Coquet by Charles Molloy (1718)
 * Varnish in Kensington Gardens by John Leigh (1719)
 * Ravillac in Henry IV of France by Charles Beckingham (1719)
 * Carew in Sir Walter Raleigh by George Sewell (1719)
 * Honoric in The Imperial Captives by John Mottley (1720)
 * Woodville in Hob's Wedding by John Leigh (1720)
 * Arsaces in Antiochus by John Mottley (1721)
 * Achmat in The Fair Captive by Eliza Haywood (1721)
 * Jerry in Hanging and Marriage by Henry Carey (1722)
 * Idas in Love and Duty by John Sturmy (1722)
 * O'Connor in Hibernia Freed by William Phillips (1722)
 * Attalus in The Fatal Legacy by Jane Robe (1723)
 * Macro in Belisarius by William Phillips (1724)
 * Pander in The Bath Unmasked by Gabriel Odingsells (1725)