Baron Heytesbury

Baron Heytesbury

Baron Heytesbury, of Heytesbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1828 for the prominent politician and diplomat Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet, who later served as Ambassador to Russia and as Viceroy of Ireland. His son, the second Baron, sat as Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight. On his marriage in 1837 to Elizabeth Holmes, daughter Sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, Lord Heytesbury assumed the additional surname of Holmes. As of 2007 the titles are held by his great-great-great-grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his father in 2004.

The Baronetcy, of Heytesbury House in the County of Wiltshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 4 July 1795 for the first Baron Heytesbury's father William à Court. He was a colonel in the army and represented Heytesbury in the House of commons. His father, William Ashe-à Court, was a general in the army and also sat as a Member of Parliament for Heytesbury.

à Court Baronets, of Heytesbury (1795)

*Sir William Pierce Ashe à Court, 1st Baronet (c. 1747-1817)
*Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet (1779-1860) (created Baron Heytesbury in 1828)

Barons Heytesbury (1828)

*William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury (1779-1860)
*William Henry Ashe à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (1809-1891)
*William Frederick Holmes à Court, 3rd Baron Heytesbury (1862-1903)
*Leonard Holmes à Court, 4th Baron Heytesbury (1863-1949)
*William Leonard Frank Holmes à Court, 5th Baron Heytesbury (1906-1971)
*Francis William Holmes à Court, 6th Baron Heytesbury (1931-2004)
*James William Holmes à Court, 7th Baron Heytesbury (b. 1967)

Heir Presumptive: Peter Holmes à Court (b. 1968)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]


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