Thomas Grimston Estcourt

Thomas Grimston Estcourt (1775–1853), of New Park, near Devizes, Wiltshire, later known as Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, was an English politician.

He was the eldest son of Thomas Estcourt, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (MP) for Cricklade. He was MP for Devizes 23 January 1805 – February 1826 and for Oxford University 22 February 1826 – 1847.[1]

After the death of his uncle, Harbottle Bucknall, rector of Pebmarsh, Essex, in early 1823, under the will of John Askell Bucknall, who had died in 1796, Estcourt inherited the estate of Oxhey, 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.[2]

Family

Estcourt married Eleanor Sutton, daughter of James Sutton.[1] Their sons were:

• T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt, eldest son.[3]
• James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt was their second son.[4]
• Edmund Hiley Bucknall Estcourt[3]
• Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt R.N. (1807–1845) was their fourth son.[5]
• William John Bucknall Estcourt[3]
• Edward Dugdale Bucknall Estcourt[3]

Their daughters were Eleanor Anne, Georgina Charlotte (died young) and Mary Anne Harriet.[3]

References

1. "Estcourt,Thomas Grimston (1775–1853), of New Park, nr. Devizes, Wilts., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 22 September 2017.
2. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/estcourt-%28afterwards-bucknall-and-bucknall-estcourt%29thomas-1775-1853
3. Burke, John (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry; Or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Etc. Henry Colburn. p. 155. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
4. Sweetman, John. "Estcourt, James Bucknall Bucknall". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8892. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. s:A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Estcourt, Walter Grimston Bucknall

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Joshua Smith Henry Addington	Member of Parliament for Devizes 1805–1826 With: Joshua Smith 1805–1818 John Pearse 1818–1826	Succeeded by John Pearse George Watson-Taylor
Preceded by Robert Peel Richard Heber	Member of Parliament for Oxford University 1826–1847 With: Robert Peel 1826–1829 Sir Robert Inglis 1829–1847	Succeeded by Sir Robert Inglis William Ewart Gladstone