Family and Education
b. 11 July 1779, 1st s. of William Pierce Ashe A’Court of Heytesbury by 2nd w. Letitia, da. of Henry Wyndham of Salisbury. educ. Eton 1793-6. m. 3 Oct. 1808, Maria Rebecca, da. of Hon. William Henry Bouverie, 2s. 1da. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 22 July 1817; GCB 20 Sept. 1819; cr. Baron Heytesbury 23 Jan. 1828.
Offices Held
Sec. of legation, Naples 1801–7 (chargé d’affaires 1801–2, 1803); sec. spec. mission to Vienna 1807; first commr. Malta 1812; envoy extraordinary to Barbary States Jan. 1813–14, Naples Mar. 1814 – Jan. 1822; PC 30 Dec. 1817; envoy to Spain Aug. 1822 – Sept. 1824; ambassador to Portugal Sept. 1824 – Jan. 1828, Russia June 1828 – Aug. 1832; ld. lt. [I] July 1844-July 1846.
Gov. I.o.W. 1841 – 57.
Lt.-col. 2 Wilts. militia 1813.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Heytesbury, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
A’COURT, William (1779-1860)
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