Baron Heytesbury

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Baron Heytesbury, of Heytesbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1828 for the diplomat Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet, of Heytesbury, who later served as Ambassador to Russia and as Viceroy of Ireland. The Baronetcy had been created for his father on 4 July 1795.

[edit] Baronets of Heytesbury

Created in the Baronetage of Great Britain 4 July 1795

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

[edit] 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)