78. Dr. Alan Worsley¹¹ Holmes à Court (Charles George¹⁰, William Henry Ashe⁹ à Court, William⁸, William Peirce⁷ Ashe à Court, William⁶ à Court, Peirce⁵, John⁴, John³, William², William¹) was born in Highclere, Albion, Caboolture, Qld 19/06/1887. Alan died 16/04/1957 in Latima Road, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, at 69 years of age.

He married Eileen Rouse in St Mark's Church, Darling Point, Sydney, 3/06/1913. Eileen was born in Gillendoon Station, Warren, Nsw 13 April 1888. Eileen died 1971 in Double Bay, Sydney, Nsw, at 83 years of age. Eileen participated in the Baptised event in North Shore Crematorium, North Ryde.

He was baptized in Brisbane, Queensland, 12/09/1887. Obituary: Dr. Alan Worsley Holmes à Court, a Past President of The Royal Australian College of Physicians, Consulting Physician to Sydney Hospital, and a very distinguished Physician, died on April 16th, 1957. His origin and career were alike of distinction. The name of à Court is of old French derivation, and was the name of the first Lord Heytesbury. After the marriage of an heir to the title, with a daughter of Sir Leonard Worsley-Holmes, the name of à Court-Holmes was taken. In 1860, this was changed by Royal Licence to Holmes à Court. Alan Holmes à Court was a grandson of the third Baron Heytesbury, and was born in Brisbane on June 19, 1887. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School, and commenced his medical course in Sydney in 1906, graduating M.B. in 1910. He entered Sydney Hospital as a Resident Medical Officer in 1911, and so began an association with that institution which he loved and served well, for thirty-six years. It was apparent at once to his fellow residens that he was marked out for distinction. "whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine" said Hippocrates, "must bring to the task a love of labour and perserverance". Holmes à Court worked much harder and read more than his colleagues, and showed quite early, the clinical acumen and infinite capacity for taking pains, which were to characterise the whole of his medical career. Promoted to Registrar in 1912, he left the hospital at the end of the year, and entered general practice in Manly. An appointment to Sydney Hospital as Honorary Assistanat Physician in 1914, only a year after completing his house-staff appointment, reflected the impression he made.

Alan Worsley Holmes à Court was a medical practitioner in New South Wales (NSW) from 1911. During World War I he served with the medical wings of the Australian Imperial Force in France and was awarded the French Médaille des Epidémies. Holmes à Court was a pioneer of blood transfusion techniques and a lecturer in anaesthetics and clinical medicine. He wrote many medical articles and was heavily involved in medicine's governing bodies: he was a long term member, and one-time president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; President and council member of the British Medical Association (NSW branch), a member of the NSW Medical Board and was appointed a Fellow of London's Royal College of Physicians.

Dr. Alan Worsley Holmes à Court and Eileen Rouse had the following children:

104 i. Pamela¹² Holmes à Court (still alive).

105 ii. Brian Holmes à Court was born in Clarmore Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney 12 June 1922. Brian died 24/06/1943 in England, at 21 years of age. HOLMES à COURT, BRIAN Initials: B Nationality: Australian Rank: Flying Officer Regiment: Royal Australian Air Force Age: 21 Date of Death: 24/06/1943 Service No: 413121 Additional information: Son of Dr. Alan Worsley Holmes a Court and Eileen Holmes a Court, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 51. Sec. H. Row T. Grave 254. Cemetery: BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY B

+ 106 iii. Peter Holmes à Court was born 24 August 1925.

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