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Thomas Grimston Estcourt

Thomas Grimston Estcourt

English politician


Thomas Grimston Estcourt (1775–1853), of New Park, near Devizes, Wiltshire, later known as Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, was an English politician.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Thomas Estcourt, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (MP) for Cricklade. He was MP for Devizes. 23 January 1805 – February 1826 and for Oxford University 22 February 1826 – 1847.[1]

After the death of his uncle, Harbottle Bucknall, rector of Pebmarsh, Essex, in early 1823, under the will of John Askell Bucknall, who had died in 1796, Estcourt inherited the estate of Oxhey, Hertfordshire, The will obliged him to take the name of Bucknall, he swiftly obtained permission to add his former surname to it, and was afterwards known as Bucknall Estcourt.[2]

Family

Estcourt married Eleanor Sutton, daughter of James Sutton.[1] Their sons were:

Their daughters were Eleanor Anne, Georgina Charlotte (died young) and Mary Anne Harriet.[3]


References

  1. "Estcourt,Thomas Grimston (1775–1853), of New Park, nr. Devizes, Wilts., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry; Or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Etc. Henry Colburn. p. 155. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. Sweetman, John. "Estcourt, James Bucknall Bucknall". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8892. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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