George Thomas John Sotheron-Estcourt, 1st Baron Estcourt (21 January 1839 – 12 January 1915), known as George Bucknall-Estcourt until 1876 and as George Sotheron-Estcourt from 1876 to 1903, was a British

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politician.

Background

Estcourt was the son of Reverend Hilary Bucknall-Estcourt, son of Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt,

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for

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and the

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, son of

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, Member of Parliament for

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. His mother was Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Lowther Johnstone, 6th Baronet, while Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt was his uncle. In 1876 he succeeded to the latter's estates and assumed by Royal licence the surname of Sotheron-Estcourt in lieu of his patronymic.thepeerage.com George Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt, 1st and last Baron Estcourt
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Political career

Estcourt sat as Member of Parliament for Wiltshire North from 1874 to 1885. In 1903 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Estcourt, of Estcourt in the Parish of Shipton Moyne in the County of Gloucester and of Darrington in the West Riding of the County of York.

Personal life

Lord Estcourt married Monica, daughter of Reverend Martin Stepylton, in 1863. They had no children. He died in January 1915, aged 75, when the barony became extinct. Lady Estcourt died in March 1922.

Background

Political career

Personal life

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