Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, 4th Baronet
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Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, 4th Baronet (1661–1724), of
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,
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, was an English
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politician.


Biography

L'Estrange was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, 3rd Baronet and his first wife, Mary, daughter of
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. An orphan from the age of 8, he was raised first by his maternal grandfather and then by Sir Christopher Calthorpe, the later of whom imbued L'Estrange with his high Tory views. From 1667 to 1679 L’Estrange was educated at
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. In 1680 he was appointed a justice of the peace for Norfolk and the following year he was made a deputy lieutenant for the county. After the
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planned an uprising against Charles II in 1682, L'Estrange was among those who signed the loyal address to the king. In 1683 he became the colonel of a Norfolk regiment of militia. In 1685, he was returned to the
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as a Member of Parliament for
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. He served on one committee, on the bill for relieving imprisoned debtors. He gave negative replies on the repeal of the
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and Penal Laws, and was removed from the lieutenancy in February 1688. He did not stand for election again after the
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in 1688 and resigned all of his local offices, much to the annoyance of
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. In 1696 he was put on trial for being a non-juror but was acquitted on a technicality. He remained a non-juror and in 1721 his name was included on a list of likely Jacobites which was sent to the
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. He died on 18 December 1724 and was succeeded in his title by his son, Thomas, who had converted to
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. L'Estrange was described by
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as "a man of parts, virtue, and prudence. He is one of the worthiest gentlemen of the country".


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lestrange, Nicholas 1661 births 1724 deaths Deputy lieutenants of Norfolk English justices of the peace English MPs 1685–1687 4
Nicholas Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...
People from Hunstanton Tory MPs (pre-1834)