The Duke of Bridgwater, coal owner [i] Egerton, Francis, third duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803), canal promoter and colliery owner [ii]
References:
[i] John Harland and T.T. Wilkinson, Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Second Edition (London, George Routledge and Sons, 1875) P203
[ii] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography