Thomas Grimston Estcourt (1775–1853), of New Park, near
Devizes
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,
Wiltshire
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, later known as Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, was an English politician.
He was the eldest son of
Thomas Estcourt,
Member
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of the
Parliament of Great Britain
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(MP) for . He was MP for
Devizes
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman architecture, Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century ...
23 January 1805 – February 1826 and for
Oxford University
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22 February 1826 – 1847.
After the death of his uncle, Harbottle Bucknall, rector of
Pebmarsh
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, Essex, in early 1823, under the will of John Askell Bucknall, who had died in 1796, Estcourt inherited the estate of
Oxhey
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, 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.
Family
Estcourt married Eleanor Sutton, daughter of
James Sutton.
Their sons were:
*
T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt, eldest son.
*
James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt
James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt (1803–1855), was a major-general and MP.
Early life
Estcourt, son of Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, M.P., and younger brother of Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt, was born on 12 July 1802. He was ed ...
was their second son.
*Edmund Hiley Bucknall Estcourt
*Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt R.N. (1807–1845) was their fourth son.
*William John Bucknall Estcourt
*Edward Dugdale Bucknall Estcourt
Their daughters were Eleanor Anne, Georgina Charlotte (died young) and Mary Anne Harriet.
References
1775 births
1853 deaths
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