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Queensland Family Trees
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1809 - 1891 (81 years)
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Name |
William Henry Ashe à Court Holmes, later Holmes à Court |
Suffix |
2nd Baron Heytesbury of Heytesbury |
Born |
11 Jul 1809 |
Gender |
Male |
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William Henry Ashe à Court-Holmes later Holmes-á Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (11 July 1809-21 April 1891), was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.
Born William Henry Ashe à Court, Heytesbury was the only son of William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury, and Maria Rebecca Bouverie. In 1828 he went up to St John's College, Cambridge. He was elected to the House of Commons for the Isle of Wight in 1837, a seat he held until 1847. In 1860 he succeeded his father as second Baron Heytesbury and entered the House of Lords.
Lord Heytesbury married Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley Holmes, 1st Baronet, in 1833. He assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Holmes after that of á Court at the same time. In 1860 he changed the family name, by Royal Licence, from á Court-Holmes to Holmes-á Court. Lord Heytesbury died in April 1891, aged 81, and was succeeded by his grandson William.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%C3%A0_Court-Holmes,_2nd_Baron_Heytesbury |
Died |
21 Apr 1891 |
Person ID |
I14332 |
Simpson & Elder |
Last Modified |
12 May 2014 |
Family |
Elizabeth Worsley-Holmes |
Children |
| 1. Emily Holmes à Court, d. 3 Jan 1868 |
| 2. Elizabeth Holmes à Court, d. 20 Aug 1902 |
| 3. Gertrude Anne Holmes à Court, d. 1 Sep 1933 |
| 4. Margaret Holmes à Court, d. 21 Feb 1933 |
+ | 5. William Leonard Holmes à Court, b. 19 Jan 1835, d. 16 Dec 1885 (Age 50 years) |
| 6. Frederick Holmes à Court, b. 24 Aug 1839, d. 1919 (Age 79 years) |
| 7. Captain Henry Holmes à Court, RN, b. 26 Jun 1841, d. 4 Jan 1885 (Age 43 years) |
| 8. Edward Alexander Holmes à Court, b. 23 Oct 1845, d. 23 Jun 1923 (Age 77 years) |
| 9. Charles George Holmes à Court, b. 8 Dec 1843, d. 10 Jan 1924 (Age 80 years) |
| 10. Arthur Wyndham Holmes à Court, b. 7 May 1848, d. 2 Oct 1915 (Age 67 years) |
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Last Modified |
19 Dec 2013 |
Family ID |
F1031 |
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