Richard Estcourt [SEP] date of death
Richard Estcourt
Richard Estcourt (1668–1712) was an English actor, who began by playing comedy parts in Dublin.
His first London appearance was in 1704 as Dominick, in Dryden's "Spanish Friar", and he continued to take important parts at Drury Lane, being the original Pounce in Steele's "Tender Husband" (1705), Sergeant Kite in Farquhar's "Recruiting Officer", and Sir Francis Gripe in Mrs Centlivre's "Busybody". He was an excellent mimic and a great favourite socially.
the associated Estcourt House.
- He was for many years, and up to the time of his death, a member of the council of the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.
- He was, with Richard Smith and W. H. Holmes, a founder of the first Commercial Travellers and Warehousmen's Association, forerunner of the Commercial Travellers' Association, and its secretary until 1873, when it was wound up, and its cash assets passed to the Benevolent and Strangers' Friend Society.