Thomas Grimston Estcourt (1775–1853), of New Park, near

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, later known as Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, was an English politician. He was the eldest son of Thomas Estcourt,

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(MP) for . He was MP for

23 January 1805 – February 1826 and for

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22 February 1826 – 1847. After the death of his uncle, Harbottle Bucknall, rector of

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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

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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 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.

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