Sir Thomas Estcourt (c1645–1702) of

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, near Sherston in Wiltshire, was an English landowner and politician. He was the son of Sir Thomas Estcourt (d. 1683) of Sherston Pinkney, master in Chancery, by his first wife Magdalen, daughter of Sir John Browne of East Kirkby, Lincolnshire. He matriculated at

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in 1661, aged 16, and was admitted to

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the following year. He served as high steward of

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, was elected to sit in parliament for the town in 1673 and was knighted in 1674. In 1678, then living in Chelsea, he married Mary, daughter of

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. Although a Court supporter in parliament, he was charged with complicity in the Rye House Plot and withdrew to Flanders in the entourage of the Duke of York. He regained his

seat at James II's accession, but was inactive. He lost the election at Malmesbury in 1690, but narrowly won at

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in 1695. He stood down in 1698 in favour of his Wiltshire neighbour

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. He was

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for 1693. He died between March and October 1702. His son Thomas died two years later and the estate passed to his daughter Elizabeth, who had married

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of Sidbury, Shropshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Estcourt, Thomas 1702 deaths Members of Lincoln's Inn People of the Rye House Plot High Sheriffs of Wiltshire Politicians from Wiltshire English MPs 1661–1679 English MPs 1685–1687 English MPs 1695–1698