Leonard Holmes à Court

65. Leonard¹¹ Holmes à Court 4th Baron (William Leonard¹⁰, William Henry Ashe⁹ à Court, William⁸, William Peirce⁷ Ashe à Court, William⁶ à Court, Peirce⁵, John⁴, John³, William², William¹) was born in Upham, Hampshire 11/06/1863. Leonard died 2/02/1949 at 85 years of age. His body was interred February 1949 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire.

He married Sybil Mary Morris in Holy Trinity Church, Karachi, India, 9/09/1896. Sybil was born in India 11/04/1870. Sybil was the daughter of Captain Frank B. Morris and Juliet M. Rawlatt. Sybil died 20/04/1937 in Green House, Crockerton, at 67 years of age. Her body was interred 04/1937 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire. Sybil was a boarder 1881 in 5 Victoria Square, Reading, Berkshire. She was listed as head of household in the 1901 census in 5A Hyde Park Mansions, London.

He was baptized in Upham Parish Church, Upham, 19/07/1863. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Codford St. Peters, Wiltshire, 1871. He was listed as a pupil in the census report in Royal Academy, Clarence Square, Alverstoke, Hampshire, 1881. He was listed as a resident in the census report in 24 Apsley Road, Clifton, Bristol, 1891. He was listed on a passenger list for The Gascon, from London, December 1899. He was listed on a passenger list forThe Assaye, from Cape Town, 18/06/1900 arriving at Southampton 07/07/1900. He was listed on a passenger list for The Chicago, from Cape Town, 15/05/1901 arriving Southampton on 06/06/1901. Leonard Acceded 15/08/1903. From The Times, February 3, 1949

Lord Heytesbury died at his home near Warminster, Wiltshire, yesterday at the age of 85.

Sir Leonard Holmes-à Court, fourth Baron Heytesbury of Heytesbury, county Wiltshire, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and fifth Baronet, was born on June 11, 1863, the second son of the Hon. William Leonard Holmes-à Court, eldest son of the second Lord Heytesbury. He entered the Army through thd Militia in 1885, and was gazetted to The Wiltshire Regiment. Having served with his regiment during the South African war, 1900-01, he retired in 1913 and for a space commanded the 3rd (Speical Reserve) Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment. He served during the 1914-18 war and in 1919 was given the brevet of colonel. In 1903 he succeeded his elder brother in the family honours.

Lord Heytesbury married in 1896 Sybil Mary, daughter of the late Captain F. B. Morris. She died in 1937. A son and two daughters were born of the marriage. He is succeeded by his son, the Hon. William Leonard Frank Holmes-à Court, who was born in 1906 and married in 1926 Beryl, youngest daughter of Mr. A. E. B. Crawford, of Astin Clinton House, Bucks. There is a son of the marriage.

Leonard Holmes à Court 4th Baron and Sybil Mary Morris had the following children:

Nancy Holmes à Court

94 i. Sybil Nancy¹² Holmes à Court was born in Hyderabad Scinde, India 19/06/1897. Sybil died 4/01/1970 at 72 years of age. She married Lt-Colonel Geoffrey Richard Marriott Bowly 12/05/1933. (See Lt-Colonel Geoffrey Richard Marriott Bowly for the continuation of this line.)

She was listed as a resident in the census report in 13 Miles Road, Clifton, Bristol, 1901. Born on Jublilee Day

Married to Bowly

95 ii. Betty Mary Holmes à Court was born in Bishopstrow, Warminster, Wiltshire 9/06/1902. Betty died 24/09/1991 in Backwell, Bristol, at 89 years of age. Her body was interred 4/10/1991 in St. Andrew's Church, Backwell, Bristol. She married twice. She married Commander Vivian John Robinson RN in St. Peter & St. Paul Church, Heytesbury, 31/07/1923. Vivian was the son of Arthur Robinson. Vivian was divorced from Betty Mary Holmes à Court 1946. (See Commander Vivian John Robinson RN for the continuation of this line.) She married Alfred Esmond Robinson CBE, MC 18/09/1956. Alfred was the son of Arthur Robinson. Alfred died 1975.

Betty was divorced from Commander Vivian John Robinson RN 1946. Assumed name of a'Court in 1946

William Leonard Holmes à Court

+ 96 iii. William Leonard Frank Holmes à Court 5th Baron was born 17/04/1906.

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