William Henry Ashe à Court-Holmes ''later'' Holmes-à Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (11 July 1809 – 21 April 1891) was a British peer and

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Career

Born William Henry Ashe à Court, Lord Heytesbury was the only son of

William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury GCB PC (11 July 1779 – 31 May 1860), known as Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet, from 1817 to 1828, was an English diplomat and Conservative politician. Background and education Heytesbury was the elde ...

, and Maria Rebecca Bouverie. In 1828 he went up to

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. He was elected to the

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for the

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in 1837, a seat he held until 1847. In 1860 he succeeded his father as second Baron Heytesbury and entered the

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Family

Lord Heytesbury married Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley Holmes, 9th Baronet Worsley, in 1833. He assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Holmes after that of à Court at the same time. In 1860 he changed the family name, by Royal Licence, from à Court-Holmes to Holmes-à Court. A daughter, Emily, married

Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin Order of St Patrick, KP (14 May 1839 – 9 April 1900) was the holder of a hereditary peerage in the Peerage of Ireland, as well as Chief of the Name of O'Brien dynasty, O'Brien and Prince of Thomond ...

. Lord Heytesbury died in April 1891, aged 81, and was succeeded by his grandson, William Holmes à Court.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * *

External links

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