BOUCHER, Thomas (1701-72), of Christian Malford, nr. Chippenham, Wilts.

Constituency	Dates
Chippenham	22 Jan. 1723

Family and Education

bap. 6 July 1701, o.s. of Thomas Boucher, M.P., of Ogbourne St. George, Wilts. and Twickenham, Mdx. by Elizabeth, da. of Anthony Morris of Devonshire St., London. m. Apr. 1724, Judith, da. of Sir James Bateman and sis. of William Bateman, 1st Visct. Bateman [I], 1da. suc. fa. 1708.

Address

Main residence: Christian Malford, nr. Chippenham, Wilts.

biography text

Boucher, whose father ‘the gamester’1Luttrell, vi. 346; see Wentworth Papers, 63. bought Christian Malford and other estates in Wiltshire from Lord Wharton for £17,070 in 1705,2Wilts. N. & Q. vii. 428-9. is himself described by Le Neve as ‘no gent’.3Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 463. Returned as a Tory at a by-election for Chippenham in 1723, he did not stand again. He died Feb. 1772.

Author

R.S.L.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. Luttrell, vi. 346; see Wentworth Papers, 63.
2. Wilts. N. & Q. vii. 428-9.
3. Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 463.