Thomas Grimston Estcourt

Thomas Grimston Estcourt(1775–1853), ofNew Park,nearDevizes,Wiltshire,later known asThomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt,was an English politician.

Biography

He was the eldest son ofThomas Estcourt,Memberof theParliament of Great Britain(MP) forCricklade.He was MP forDevizes.23 January 1805 – February 1826 and forOxford University22 February 1826 – 1847.

After the death of his uncle, Harbottle Bucknall, rector ofPebmarsh,Essex, in early 1823, under the will of John Askell Bucknall, who had died in 1796, Estcourt inherited the estate ofOxhey,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 ofJames Sutton.Their sons were:

• T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt,eldest son.
• James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourtwas 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.