Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, 2nd Baronet (June 1783 – 14 May 1854) was a British politician. The son of

Sir John Ingilby, 1st Baronet Sir John Ingilby, 1st Baronet FRS (9 May 1758 – 13 May 1815) of Ripley Castle, Yorkshire was a British politician. He was the illegitimate son of Sir John Ingilby, 4th Baronet by Mary Wright and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He ...

and his wife Elizabeth Amcotts, he entered the

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(MP) for

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in 1807. In the same year, he succeeded his maternal grandfather,

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, in his baronetcy by special remainder. Ingilby left Parliament in 1812, and succeeded his father as baronet in 1815, inheriting

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in Yorkshire and

Kettlethorpe Hall Kettlethorpe Hall is a Victorian house in Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire, noted for its connection to Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster. It encloses fragments of the former manor house including the medieval gatehouse, within the surviving ...

in Lincolnshire. He served as

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in 1821, and assumed the surname of Amcotts-Ingilby in 1822. He returned to Parliament at an 1823 by-election, as MP for

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. He held that seat until the abolition of the constituency in 1832, and he then sat for

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until defeated in the 1835 election. Amcotts-Ingilby, a very eccentric character, was twice married, but left no children; his baronetcies became extinct upon his death on 14 May 1854, at 23 Abingdon St,

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. His estates were left by

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to his first cousin, Henry John Ingilby. His sister, Augusta Amcotts-Ingilby, was the mother of

Weston Cracroft Amcotts Weston Cracroft Amcotts (9 March 1815 – 14 July 1883) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874. Amcotts was born William Cracroft, son of Robert Cracroft of Hackthorn and his wife Augusta Ingilb ...

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Amcotts-Ingilby, William, 2nd Baronet 1783 births 1854 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain High Sheriffs of Yorkshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 Ingilby family