Ayscoghe Boucherett
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Lieutenant-Colonel Ayscoghe Boucherett |
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Member of Parliament for Grimsby |
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In office 1796–1803 Serving with William Mellish (1796–1802) and John Henry Loft (1802–1803) |
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| Preceded by |
John Harrison Dudley North |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Charles Anderson Pelham John Henry Loft |
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Ayscoghe Boucherett 16 April 1755 |
| Died | 15 September 1815 (aged 60) |
| Spouse(s) | Emelia Crockatt (m. 1789) |
| Children | Emilia Mary, Ayscoghe, Maria, Juliana |
| Residence | Willingham House, Lincolnshire |
Lieutenant-Colonel Ayscoghe Boucherett, JP DL (16 April 1755 – 15 September 1815) was a British landowner, businessman and Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby from 1796 to 1803.
Born into a family of the Lincolnshire landed gentry, Boucherett became involved in local politics in Lincolnshire, and (owing mainly to his marriage) with artistic and mercantile circles in London. He was the chairman of the Grimsby Haven Company, which oversaw the reopening and expansion of Grimsby's first dock. He was a friend of the artist Sir Thomas Lawrence and the proprietor of Willingham, Lincolnshire, where he constructed his country seat, Willingham House, in 1790. For his investment in the Haven Company, he received the support of Lord Yarborough, one of its main investors and a principal land-owner in Grimsby; owing largely to Lord Yarborough's patronage, Boucherett was returned as the Member of Parliament for that borough at the 1796 election. He was not a frequent voter, but used his position to further the interests of his corporation. Nonetheless, the company met with financial difficulties after it opened the Harbour in 1800. In 1803, Boucherett resigned his seat in favour of Yarborough's heir and pursued a quieter political life. He died in a carriage accident in 1815.
Boucherett was born on 16 April 1755, the son of Ayscoghe Boucherett of Willingham and Stallingborough, Lincolnshire, and his wife, Mary White. The elder Boucherett had been the High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1754, and was a landed gentleman in Lincolnshire, whose family was descended from Huguenot merchants; they married into the Ayscoghe family and inherited the Willingham estate through this marriage. The elder Boucherett's daughter, Mary, had married Michael Barne of Sotterley, Suffolk, an army officer and a member of parliament for Dunwich.
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