Baron Heytesbury
Baron Heytesbury , of Heytesbury in the County of Wilts , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on January 23, 1828 for Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet of the à Court family .
His son, the 2nd Baron, took the additional surname Holmes in 1837 when he married Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of Sir Leonard Worsley Holmes .
Subordinate title
The 1st Baron had already inherited the title Baronet , of Heytesbury House in the County of Wiltshire, created for his father on July 4, 1795 in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1818 .
List of Barons Heytesbury (1828)
- William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury (1779–1860)
- William à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (1809-1891)
- William Holmes à Court, 3rd Baron Heytesbury (1862–1903)
- Leonard Holmes à Court, 4th Baron Heytesbury (1863-1949)
- William Holmes à Court, 5th Baron Heytesbury (1906–1971)
- Francis Holmes à Court, 6th Baron Heytesbury (1931-2004)
- James Holmes à Court, 7th Baron Heytesbury (* 1967)
Probable title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the third cousin of the current title holder, Peter Holmes à Court (* 1968).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Edinburgh Gazette : No. 3614, p. 21 , January 22, 1828.
Web links
- Entry: Heytesbury on Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Heytesbury, Baron (UK, 1828) at Cracroft's Peerage