Colonel Charles Ashe à Court, C B

34. Lieutenant-General Charles⁸ Ashe à Court (William Peirce⁷, William⁶ à Court, Peirce⁵, John⁴, John³, William², William¹)⁽³³⁾ was born in Heytesbury, Wiltshire 17/06/1785. Charles died 19/04/1861 in London, at 76 years of age.

He married Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs in Palermo, Sicily, 10/05/1815. Mary was born in Naples, Italy October 1792. Mary was the daughter of Abraham Gibbs. Mary died 21/01/1878 in London, at 85 years of age. According to conflicting evidence, she married Lieutenant-General Charles Ashe à Court in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, 7/07/1819. Charles Ashe a Court Esq and Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs, having been married at Palermo in Sicily with all the formality which circumstances permitted and the same duly attested, yet to remove every shade of doubt, if any such exist, from any constitution of the law of England of the validity of the said marriage, were married in this Church by licence 7 July 1819.

She was listed as a resident in the census report in Ammington Hall, Ammington, Warwickshire, 30/03/1851. She was listed as head of household in the 1871 census in 4 Halkin Terrace, Chelsea, London.

He was christened in St. George's Hanover Square, February 1786. He re-married Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, 7/07/1819. Charles Ashe a Court Esq and Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs, having been married at Palermo in Sicily with all the formality which circumstances permitted and the same duly attested, yet to remove every shade of doubt, if any such exist, from any constitution of the law of England of the validity of the said marriage, were married in this Church by licence 7 July 1819.

He was listed as head of household in the 1851 census in Ammington Hall, Ammington, Warwickshire. He was listed as head of household in the 1861 census in Ammington Hall, Ammington, Warwickshire. Sponsors: Honorable Mrs. Robinson Sr. Edward Knatchbull. Mrs. Repington.

Assumed the name Repington on the death of his brother, Edward.

From the Times, April 20 1861

Death of General Charles Ashe A'Court (sic) Repington CB - The colonelcy of the 41st Regiment of Foot has become vacant by the death of General A'Court Repington, father of Lady Herbert of Lea, who died at 5 a.m. yesterday morning, at Armington (sic) Hall, near Tamworth, after a protracted illness. General Repington was the youngest son of Sir William Pierce Ashe A'Court, by his second marriage with Letitia, daughter of Mr. Henry Wyndham, of the College, Salisbury. he was born of the 20th of June, 1785, and married on the 10th of May, 1815, Mary the only daughter of Mr. Abraham Gibbs. The gallant General entered the army in 1801, and for the first 15 years saw much active service, having been detached on a separate command in 1806 to the Adriatic, to attack the islands of Tremitis, and in the same year assisted in the siege of Scylla. In 1807 he served in Egypt, and was present at the capture of Alexandria and in the action near Rosetta. At the siege and capture of Santa Maura he was in charge of the Quartermaster-General's Department; he was also at the siege of Capri the same year. When aide-de-campe to the Adjutant-General, when the enemy landed in Sicily in 1809 he commanded the advanced guard, to which nearly 1,000 prisoners surrendered, and he personally captured the enemies standard. The deceased General served afterwards on the Staff in Sicily, Spain, and Italy, and was present at Tarragons, action of Villa Franca, and retreat thence; subsequently, at the occupation of Leghorn, capture of Genoa, siege of Savona, and lastly at the surrender of Naples in 1815. the late General was for some time one of the Poor Law Commissioners. In 1818 he was made a Knight of the Hanoverian Order in recognition of his military services, and in 1831 was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He was also a Knight of St. Ferdinand and Merit of Naples, and a Knight of St. Maurice and Lazare of Sardinia. In February, 1848, he was appointed Colonel of the 41st (the Welsh) Regiment of Foot, which by his death becomes at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief. His commissions bear date as follow (sic) :-Ensign, December 17, 1801; Lieutenant, September 2, 1802; Captain, July 25, 1804; Major, February 22, 1811; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 19, 1813; Colonel, July 22, 1830; Major-General, November 23, 1841; Lieutenant-General, November 11, 1851; and General, February 20, 1856.

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Lieutenant-General Charles Ashe à Court and Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs had the following children:

41 i. Laetitia⁹ à Court-Repington was born in Naples 12/03/1816. Laetitia died 13/03/1816 in Naples, at less than one year of age. Twinned with Anna Maria.

42 ii. Anna Maria Ashe à Court-Repington was born in Naples 12/03/1816. Anna died 14/03/1816 in Naples, at less than one year of age. Twinned with Laetitia.

+ 43 iii. Charles Henry Wyndham à Court-Repington was born 14/10/1819.

44 iv. Elizabeth à Court-Repington was born in Heytesbury, Wiltshire 21/07/1822. Elizabeth died 30/10/1911 in Herbert House, 38 Chesham Place, London, at 89 years of age. She married Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert 12/08/1846. Sidney was born in Richmond, Surrey 16/09/1810. Sidney was the son of George Augustus Herbert 11th Earl of Pembroke and Catherine Woronzow. Sidney died 2/08/1861 in Wilton House, The Park, Wilton, Wiltshire, at 50 years of age. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Angel Inn, 84 High Street, Oxford, 1851. He was listed as head of household in the 1861 census in Wilton House, The Park, Wilton, Wiltshire. (See Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert for the continuation of this line.)

She was christened in Heytesbury, Wiltshire, 10/10/1822. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Angel Inn, 84 High Street, Oxford, 1851. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Wilton House, The Park, Wilton, Wiltshire, 1861. She was listed as a resident in the census report in Herbert House, 38 Chesham Place, London, 1881. Sponsors: Reverend Richard Beadon. Hon. Mrs. Phillip Pleydell Bouverie. Sir William à Court.

Authoress, and philanthropist, Lady Herbert was the daughter of General Charles à Court-Repington, who was a member of Parliament as well as a soldier, while her uncle, who afterwards became Lord Heytesbury, was British Ambassador at St. Petersburg. At the age of twenty-four Elizabeth à Court, who moved in the best circles of early Victorian society, married one of the most promising and independent of the young politicians of the day, Sidney Herbert, the second son of the Earl of Pembroke. Naturally the wife made herself the sharer of her husband's interests. In the forties she was an ardent Peelite and, when young Herbert was made Secretary of War during the Crimean campaign, she became the ally and ardent helper of Florence Nightingale. In 1861 Sidney Herbert, shortly after being created Baron Herbert of Lea, died, leaving her a widow with four sons and three daughters. Two of her sons succeeded to the Earldom of Pembroke, but only one of her children, who afterwards became by marriage Lady Mary von Hügel, followed Lady Herbert in her change of faith. This took place at Palermo in 1866 and was largely due to the influence of Manning, who had been the friend both of herself and of her husband. From the time of her conversion Lady Herbert became the centre and most zealous promoter of all Catholic charities and interests. The pen more especially was consecrated to the cause, and for many years she produced a large number of books in rapid succession, partly original and partly translations, which found for the most part a ready sale. Among the best known of these may be mentioned: "Impressions of Spain" (1866); "Cradle Lands", i.e. Egypt and Palestine (1867); "Wives and Mothers of the Olden Time" (1871); "Wayside Tales" (1880). Besides these there several stories, some of them autobiographical and a number of Lives, mostly translated or abbreviated from French originals, e.g. those of St. Monica, St. John Baptist de Rossi, Mgr. Dupanloup, Garcia Moreno, Mgr. de Merode, etc. Lady Herbert was a familiar figure in Rome, which she visited annually until almost the close of her long life.

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