Charles Amcotts

Charles Amcotts (1729–1777), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1754 and 1777.

He was admitted at Trinity Hall, Cambridge on 29 April 1746 but was expelled on 9 June 1749 for drinking the health of the Young Pretender.

[2] In the 1754 general election Amcotts was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Boston.

He was returned unopposed as MP for Boston at a by-election of December 1766 and re-elected in the 1774 general election.

[2] Kettlethorpe passed to his sister Anna-Maria, the wife of Sir Wharton Emerson (who duly changed his name to Amcotts) and Harrington went to his sister Frances, the wife of Edward Buckworth.