À Court

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The conservative politician and diplomat Sir William à Court (1779-1860) was raised to Baron Heytesbury in 1828 .

The à Court family (also A'Court [ ˈeɪkɔrt ]) is a gentry family from the south-west of England who had belonged to the British upper class since the 18th century and came from several influential politicians, officers and entrepreneurs.

The family was believed to be of Norman descent and lived in Frome and Rodden in eastern Somerset in the 17th century . However, it did not gain national importance until the beginning of the 18th century in neighboring Wiltshire : In 1705 Pierce à Court , who owned an estate in Ivy Church , married Elizabeth Ashe from the wealthy Ashe family of wool merchants . After the Ashes died out in the male line, their children inherited their property and the Heytesbury Estate , which from then on became the seat of the family. The mother's maiden name "Ashe" was used by the children as a middle name to signal their inheritance . Starting with the father Pierce à Court, numerous family members became members of Parliament and represented Heytesbury, later also other constituencies, in the House of Commons .

In addition to political activities, many family members served in the British Army or made careers in civil service. William Pierce Ashe à Court - also a member of parliament and an officer - was appointed baronet in 1795 and thus rose to the lower nobility . His sons divided the family into two branches:

The first born, William , was a successful diplomat and statesman, and finally in 1828 as Baron Heytesbury to peer appointed. His son, in turn, married a distant descendant of the famous Admiral Robert Holmes , who, as the heir of her family, brought the Holmes estate on the Isle of Wight into the marriage. The family name has now changed to "Holmes à Court".

The second line "à Court-Repington" was created when the baronet's second son became the heir of his cousin Charles Edward Repington in 1837 . On condition that he should take the name Repington , he inherited the Amington Hall estate near Tamworth in Staffordshire . Since he died childless, the name and property were given to the third brother , who continued the line. His grandson, the war correspondent Charles à Court Repington, is significant .

The short-lived line “à Court Beadon” also went from a sister of the three brothers in female descent.

Members of the family later immigrated to Canada, southern Africa, and Australia. Worth mentioning here is Robert Holmes à Court , who made a career as an entrepreneur and became Australia's first billionaire.

Tribe list

Only important people are shown, not all family members.

  1. John à Court ⚭ Mary Pierce
    1. Pierce à Court (1677–1724 / 25), MP for Heytesbury 1713–1715 and 1722–1724 / 25, ⚭ 1705 Elizabeth Ashe
      1. Pierce Ashe à Court (1706 / 07–1768), MP for Heytesbury 1734–1768, ⚭ 1762 Janet Brown
      2. William Ashe à Court (1708–1781), General in the British Army, MP for Heytesbury 1751–1781, ⚭ 1746/47 Annabella Vernon
        1. Sir William Pierce Ashe à Court, 1st Baronet (1747–1817), Colonel in the British Army, MP for Heytesbury 1781–1790 and 1806–1807, ⚭ 1) 1769 Catherine Bradford, ⚭ 2) 1777 Laetitia Wyndham, daughter of Henry Wyndham
          1. Laetitia à Court (1778-1810) ⚭ 1809 William Eliot
          2. William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury (1779–1860), MP for Dorchester 1812–1814, Ambassador to several European countries, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1844–1846, ⚭ 1808 Maria Rebecca Bouverie, granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Radnor
            1. William Henry Ashe à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (1809–1891), MP for the Isle of Wight 1837–1847, ⚭ 1833 Elizabeth Worsley-Holmes, daughter of Sir Leonard Worsley-Holmes
              1. William Leonard Holmes à Court (1835–1885), Deputy Lieutenant for the Isle of Wight and Magistrate for Wiltshire, ⚭ 1861 Isabella Sophia à Court Beadon (see below)
                1. William Frederick Holmes à Court, 3rd Baron Heytesbury (1862–1903) ⚭ 1887 Margaret Anna Harman
                  1. Margaret Elinor Holmes à Court (1888–1957) ⚭ 1907 Henry Edward FitzHerbert
                2. Leonard Holmes à Court, 4th Baron Heytesbury (1863–1949), ⚭ 1896 Sybil Mary Morris
                  1. William Leonard Frank Holmes à Court, 5th Baron Heytesbury (1906–1971) ⚭ 1926 Beryl Bredin Crawford
                    1. Francis William Holmes à Court, 6th Baron Heytesbury (1931–2004) ⚭ 1962 Alison Jean Balfour
                      1. James William Holmes à Court, 7th Baron Heytesbury (* 1967)
                3. Herbert Edward Holmes à Court (1869–1934), Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy
                4. Alfred Holmes à Court (1870–1941), JP in Dorset, ⚭ 1900 Constance Isabel Newton
                  1. Bridget Holmes à Court (1901–1990), Chief Commander, Auxiliary Territorial Service
                5. Henry Worsley Holmes à Court (1871–1924) ⚭ 1901 Evelyn Spencer Woolley
                  1. Peter Worsley Holmes à Court (1912–1966), emigrated to Rhodesia, ⚭ 1.) 1936 Ethnee Celia Cumming, ⚭ 2.) 1951 Hilda Rose Hunt
                    1. Robert Holmes à Court (1937–1990), emigrated to Australia, ⚭ 1966 Janet Lee Ranford
                      1. Peter Holmes à Court (* 1968)
              2. Frederick Holmes à Court (1839–1917/19), emigrated to Australia
              3. Elizabeth Holmes à Court (1840–1902), ⚭ Edward Wilkes Wand JP , emigrated to Canada
              4. Henry Holmes à Court (1841–1885), Captain of the Royal Navy
              5. Emily Holmes à Court (1842–1868), ⚭ Edward Donough O'Brien
              6. Charles George Holmes à Court (1843–1924), emigrated to Australia
                1. Alan Worsley Holmes à Court (1887–1957), doctor, ⚭ 1913 Eileen Rouse
              7. Edward Alexander Holmes à Court (1845–1923) ⚭ 1880 Adelaide Sophie Hamersley
              8. Arthur Wyndham Holmes à Court (1848–1915), Surveyor of Public Works on Antigua, ⚭ 1873 Annie Hardtman Berkeley
            2. Cecilia Maria à Court (1811–1889), ⚭ 1845 Robert Daly, son of 1st Baron Dunsandle
          3. Annabella à Court (1781–1866) ⚭ Richard Beadon, son of Bishop Richard Beadon
            1. Reverend Richard à Court Beadon (1809–1890) ⚭ 1834 Isabella White
              1. Isabella Sophia à Court Beadon (1836–1908) ⚭ 1861 William Leonard Holmes à Court (see above)
            2. William Frederick Beadon (1808–1862) ⚭ Jessie Maria Ward Cockburn, daughter of James Pattison Cockburn
            3. Reverend Hyde Wyndham Beadon (1812–1891) ⚭ 1) 1840 Frances Isabella Ponsonby, daughter of William Ponsonby , ⚭ 2) Caroline Pleydell Bouverie, daughter of Phillip Pleydell Bouverie and Maria à Court (see below)
            4. Sir Cecil Beadon (1816–1880), ⚭ 1) 1837 Harriet Sneyd, ⚭ 2) Agnes Sterndale
          4. Maria à Court (1782–1862), ⚭ 1811 Hon. Philip Pleydell-Bouverie
          5. Edward Henry à Court Repington (1783–1855), Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, MP for Heytesbury 1820–1832 and Tamworth 1837–1847
          6. Charles Ashe à Court-Repington (1785–1861), General in the British Army, MP for Heytesbury 1820, ⚭ 1815 Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs, daughter of Abraham Gibbs
            1. Elizabeth à Court (1822–1911) ⚭ 1846 Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
            2. Charles Henry Wyndham à Court-Repington (1819–1903), MP for Wilton 1852–1855, ⚭ 1854 Emily Currie
              1. Charles à Court Repington (1858–1925), Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army, war correspondent, ⚭ 1) 1882 Melloney Catherine Scobell (divorced), ⚭ 2) Mary Isabella Garstin, née North, ex-wife of William Edmund Garstin

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cracroft's Peerage: Heytesbury, Baron (UK, 1828)
  2. ↑ Genealogy on www.holmesacourt.org
  3. ^ Pierce à Court on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ History of Parliament: A'Court, Pierce, of Ivy Church, Wilts (1677-1725?).
  5. ↑ History of Parliament: A'Court (afterwards A'Court ASHE), Pierce (? 1707 -1768), of Ivy Church and Heytesbury, Wilts.
  6. ↑ History of Parliament: A'Court, William (c.1708-1781), of Heytesbury, Wilts.
  7. ↑ History of Parliament: A'Court, William Pierce Ashe (1747-1817), of Heytesbury, Wilts.
  8. ↑ History of Parliament: A'Court, William (1779-1860), of Heytesbury, Wilts.
  9. ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography : Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley (1887–1957)
  10. ↑ History of Parliament: A'Court, Edward Henry (1783-1855), of Heytesbury, Wilts. and 16 Ryder Street, Mdx.
  11. ↑ History of Parliament: A'Court, Charles Ashe (1785-1861), of Heytesbury, Wilts.