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Biography of William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury 1779-1860

In 1769 [his father] William Pierce Ashe à Court 1st Baronet (age 22) and Catherine Bradford were married.

In 1778 [his father] William Pierce Ashe à Court 1st Baronet (age 31) and [his mother] Laetitia Wyndham Lady à Court were married.

On 11th July 1779 William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury was born to [his father] William Pierce Ashe à Court 1st Baronet (age 32) and [his mother] Laetitia Wyndham Lady à Court.

In 1795 [his father] William Pierce Ashe à Court 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet à Court. [his mother] Laetitia Wyndham Lady à Court by marriage Lady à Court.

On 3rd October 1808 William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury (age 29) and Maria Rebecca Bouverie Baroness Heytesbury (age 24) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.

On 11th July 1809 [his son] William à Court-Holmes 2nd Baron Heytesbury was born to William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury (age 30) and [his wife] Maria Rebecca Bouverie Baroness Heytesbury (age 25). He married 3rd October 1833 Elizabeth Holmes Baroness Heytesbury, daughter of Leonard Worsley-Holmes 9th Baronet, and had issue.

In 1812 William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury (age 32) was elected MP Dorchester.

On 22nd July 1817 [his father] William Pierce Ashe à Court 1st Baronet (age 70) died. His son William (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baronet à Court. [his wife] Maria Rebecca Bouverie Baroness Heytesbury (age 33) by marriage Lady à Court.

In 1821 [his mother] Laetitia Wyndham Lady à Court died.

In 1828 William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury (age 48) was created 1st Baron Heytesbury of Heytesbury in Wiltshire. [his wife] Maria Rebecca Bouverie Baroness Heytesbury (age 44) by marriage Baroness Heytesbury of Heytesbury in Wiltshire.

On 3rd October 1833 [his son] William à Court-Holmes 2nd Baron Heytesbury (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Holmes Baroness Heytesbury (age 18) were married.

On 6th October 1844 [his wife] Maria Rebecca Bouverie Baroness Heytesbury (age 61) died.

On 31st May 1860 William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury (age 80) died. His son William (age 50) succeeded 2nd Baron Heytesbury of Heytesbury in Wiltshire, 3rd Baronet à Court.

Ancestors of William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury

Father: William Pierce Ashe à Court 1st Baronet

William à Court 1st Baron Heytesbury

GrandFather: Henry Wyndham

Mother: Laetitia Wyndham Lady à Court