Charles Ashe à Court-Repington
General (United Kingdom), General Charles Ashe à Court-Repington (17 June 1785 – 19 April 1861), born Charles Ashe à Court, was a senior British Army commander and politician. He was the third son of Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet, Sir William Ashe à Court, 1st Baronet of Heytesbury, Wiltshire and educated at Eton College. He joined the army as an ensign in 1801 and progressed through the ranks to Lieutenant-general in 1851. After the death of his father in 1817 he and his brother were returned to Parliament in 1820 to represent Heytesbury (UK Parliament constituency), Heytesbury but he resigned his seat after a few months. While serving as a major in the 1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry, 1st Greek Light Infantry, Charles was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on the occasion of King William IV of the United Kingdom, William IV's 1831 Coronation Honours, Coronation Honours. He was given the colonelcy of the 41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot in 1848, which he ...
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Amington Hall - Geograph
Amington is a suburban village, parish and Ward (politics), ward, in Staffordshire, England. Formerly a distinct village, it is now part of the Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth borough, with no gap between it and the neighbouring wards of Bolehall, Glascote, Glascote Heath and Stonydelph. History Amington and Stonydelph formerly formed one "township" and were part of the ancient parish of Tamworth.Amington
Amington, now in Staffordshire, was previously part of the county of Warwickshire; the county boundary between Staffordshire and Warwickshire formerly running along Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth high street. The village became part of Tamworth Rural District in 1932, thus becoming part of the administrat ...
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