Thomas H. Sotheron-Estcourt
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Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt (April 4, 1801–January 6, 1876), known as Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt until 1839 and as Thomas Sotheron from 1839 to 1855, was a British Conservative politician.
Sotheron-Estcourt was the eldest son of Thomas Bucknall-Estcourt, Member of Parliament for Devizes and Oxford University, son of Thomas Estcourt, Member of Parliament for Cricklade. His mother was Eleanor, daughter of James Sutton. Educated at Harrow and Oriel College, Oxford, Estcourt was elected to Parliament as MP for Marlborough in 1829. The next year, he married the daughter of Admiral Frank Sotheron, and changed his name to Sotheron in 1839 in order to inherit his father-in-law's property. He was elected to parliament again in 1835 as MP for Devizes, switched to North Wiltshire in 1844, and continued in the Commons until 1865. He was a descendant of Sir Thomas Estcourt of Calcot Manor.
Sotheron resumed the name Estcourt in 1855, and entered Lord Derby's second government in 1858 as President of the Poor Law Board. The next year, he became Home Secretary, but the government soon fell, and Sotheron Estcourt retired from public life in 1863 after a paralytic seizure; he died 13 years later at the age of 74. He had been sworn of the Privy Council in 1858. His estates passed to his nephew George Bucknall-Estcourt, who assumed the surname of Sotheron-Estcourt and was created Baron Estcourt in 1903.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Lord Brudenell Earl Bruce |
Member of Parliament for Marlborough with Lord Brudenell 1829 William John Bankes 1829–1832 1829–1832 |
Succeeded by Lord Ernest Brudenell-Bruce Henry Bingham Baring |
Preceded by Wadham Locke Sir Philip Charles Durham |
Member of Parliament for Devizes with Sir Philip Charles Durham 1835–1836 James Whitley Deans Dundas 1836–1838 George Heneage Walker Heneage 1838–1884 1835–1844 |
Succeeded by George Heneage Walker Heneage William Heald Ludlow Bruges |
Preceded by Walter Long Sir Francis Burdett, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Wiltshire North with Walter Long 1844–1865 |
Succeeded by Walter Long Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Edward Pleydell Bouverie |
President of the Poor Law Board 1858–1859 |
Succeeded by Earl of March |
Preceded by Spencer Horatio Walpole |
Secretary of State for the Home Department 1859 |
Succeeded by Sir George Lewis, Bt. |