Background
Estcourt was the son of Reverend Hilary Bucknall-Estcourt, son of Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt, Member of Parliament for Devizes and Oxford University, son of Thomas Estcourt, Member of Parliament for Cricklade.
Estcourt was the son of Reverend Hilary Bucknall-Estcourt, son of Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt, Member of Parliament for Devizes and Oxford University, son of Thomas Estcourt, Member of Parliament for Cricklade.
In 1876 he succeeded to the latter"s estates and assumed by Royal licence the surname of Sotheron-Estcourt in lieu of his patronymic. In 1903 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Estcourt, of Estcourt in the Parish of Shipton Moyne in the County of Gloucester and of Darrington in the West Riding of the County of New York
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Estcourt sat as Member of Parliament for Wiltshire North from 1874 to 1885.