Background
Estcourt, born 7 February 1816, was the eldest son of the Review Edmund William Estcourt of Newntown, Wiltshire, one of the Estcourts of Estcourt, Gloucestershire.
Estcourt, born 7 February 1816, was the eldest son of the Review Edmund William Estcourt of Newntown, Wiltshire, one of the Estcourts of Estcourt, Gloucestershire.
Exeter College.
1816-1884), was canon of Saint Chad"s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Birmingham. He was destined for the church. Entered Exeter College, Oxford, 20 February 1834.
Proceeded Bachelor of Arts 1838 and Master of Arts 1840.
And came under the influence of the Tractarian movement. In 1845, when J. H. Newman went over to the church of Rome, Estcourt, then a clergyman at Cirencester, followed him, and was "received" at Prior Park in December of that year.
About three years after he was ordained catholic priest by Doctor Ullathorne, vicar-apostolic of the western district, and on the restoration of the hierarchy in 1850 he was appointed æconomus of the diocese. Though one of the kindest of men, he had great firmness of character.
Suffering from a painful internal disorder, he passed the last few years of his life in retirement at Leamington, where he died on 16 April 1884.
He was buried at Kenilworth. Bishop Ullathorne, in an address delivered on the occasion, pronounced a well-merited eulogy on Estcourt"s "assiduity, accuracy, punctuality, skill, and sound judgment." His knowledge of the earlier history of the midland district was remarkable, as was also the knowledge he had acquired of property law. His generosity and charity were of the most self-denying character, and his disposition refined, modest, and unobtrusive.
He was a great lover of books, and for many years he was a most useful member of the committee of the London Library.
