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ABERCROMBY, Sir Robert (1740-1827), of Airthrey Castle, Stirling.
Family and Education
b. 21 Oct. 1740, 3rd s. of George Abercromby of Tullibody, Clackmannan, and bro. of Sir Ralph Abercromby. unm. KB 15 Aug. 1792; GCB 2 Jan. 1815.
Offices Held
Ensign 44 Ft. 1758, lt. 1759, capt. 1761, half-pay 1763; maj. 62 Ft. 1772; lt. col. 37 Ft. 1775; col. and a.d.c. to the King 1781; col. 75 Ft. 1787; maj.-gen. (Bombay) 1790, lt.-gen. 1797, gen. 1802.
Gov. and c.-in-c. Bombay 1790 – 92; c.-in-c. India 1793 – 97.
Gov. Edinburgh Castle Aug. 1801 – d.
Main residence: Airthrey Castle, Stirling.
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Commons 1790-1820
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ABERCROMBY, Sir Robert (1740-1827)
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ACHESON, Hon. Archibald (1776-1849), of Market Hill, co. Armagh.
Family and Education
b. 1 Aug. 1776, 1st s. of Arthur, 1st Earl of Gosford [I], by Millicent, da. of Lt.-Gen. Edward Pole. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1796. m. 20 July 1805, Mary, da. and h. of Robert Sparrow of Worlingham Hall, Suff., 1s. 4da. Styled Visct. Acheson 1806-7; suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Gosford [I] 14 Jan. 1807; cr. Baron Worlingham 13 June 1835; GCB 19 July 1838.
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MP [I] 1797 – 1800; rep. peer [I] 1811 – d.
Ld. in waiting 1831 – 34; capt. Yeomen of the Guard July – Nov. 1834, Apr -June 1835; PC 3 Sept. 1834; gov. Canada 1835–8.
Trustee, linen board [I] 1809.
Custos rot. co. Armagh 1800, gov. 1805, ld. lt. 1831 – d.
Maj. Armagh militia 1798, col. 1801.
Main residence: Market Hill, co. Armagh, [I].
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Commons 1790-1820
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ACHESON, Hon. Archibald (1776-1849)
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ACLAND, Sir Thomas Dyke, 10th Bt. (1787-1871), of Killerton, nr. Exeter, Devon.
Family and Education
b. 29 Mar. 1787, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Bt., of Killerton by Henrietta Anne, da. of Sir Richard Hoare, 1st Bt., of Stourhead, Wilts. educ. Harrow 1799-1804; Christ Church, Oxf. 1805. m. 7 Apr. 1808, Lydia Elizabeth, da. and h. of Henry Hoare, banker, of Mitcham Grove, Surr., 7s. 2da. suc. fa. as 10th Bt. 17 May 1794.
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Sheriff, Devon, 1809–10.
Main residence: Killerton, nr. Exeter, Devon.
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Commons 1790-1820
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ACLAND, Sir Thomas Dyke (1787-1871)
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A’COURT, William (1779-1860), of Heytesbury, Wilts.
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.
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Main residence: Heytesbury, Wilts.
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Commons 1790-1820
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A’COURT, William (1779-1860)
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A’COURT, William Pierce Ashe (1747-1817), of Heytesbury, Wilts.
Family and Education
b. 1747, o.s. of Gen. William A’Court (Ashe) of Heytesbury by Annabella, da. and coh. of Thomas Vernon of Twickenham Park, Mdx. educ. Eton 1759-65. m. (1) 29 Apr. 1769, Catherine (d. 23 Sept. 1776), da. of Lt.-Col. John Bradford, s.p.; (2) 30 Oct. 1777, Letitia, da. of Henry Wyndham of The Close, Salisbury, Wilts., 3s. 4da. suc. fa. 1781; cr. Bt. 4 July 1795.
Offices Held
Capt. 11 Ft. 1769 – 78; lt.-col. 2nd Wilts. militia 1797.
Sheriff, Wilts. 1812–13.
Main residence: Heytesbury, Wilts.
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Commons 1790-1820
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A’COURT, William Pierce Ashe (1747-1817)
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