Biography of Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet 1740-1807
On 23 Feb 1740 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet was born to Alexander Emerson.
On 16 Apr 1762 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet (age 22) and Anna Maria Amcotts were married.
On 24 Jun 1763 [his daughter] Elizabeth Amcotts Lady Ingilby was born to Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet (age 23) and [his wife] Anna Maria Amcotts.
On 13 May 1777 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet (age 37) changed his surname from Emerson to Amcotts by Royal Licence.
In 1780 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet (age 39) was elected MP Retford which seat he held until 1802.
On 25 Oct 1780 [his son-in-law] John Ingilby 1st Baronet (age 22) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Amcotts Lady Ingilby (age 17) were married.
In 1791 [his father] Alexander Emerson died.
On 11 May 1796 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet (age 56) was created 1st Baronet Amcotts of Kettlethopre Park in Lincolnshire with a special remainder to his daughter Elizabeth's (age 32) son William Amcotts-Ingilby 2nd Baronet (age 12).
Around 1804 [his daughter] Sophia Louisa Emerson Amcotts was born to Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet (age 63).
On 26 Sep 1807 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet (age 67) died. His grandson William Amcotts-Ingilby 2nd Baronet (age 24) succeeded 2nd Baronet Amcotts of Kettlethopre Park in Lincolnshire.