Excerpt from The Life of Major-General Estcourt: Adjutant-General of the Army in the East
Major-General James Bucknall Estcourt, second son of Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, Esq., of Estcourt, in the County of Gloucester, who successively represented Devizes and the University of Oxford for many years in Parliament, was born on the 12th of July, 1802.
When a boy he was remarked for his honest, straightforward disposition, and love of truth; and this character distinguished him through life.
He was educated first at a private school at High Wycombe, then at Harrow, from whence he was removed, at the age of 15, to the Military College of Sandhurst, where he studied three years.
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