William A'Court, first baron Heytesbury

(1779-1860)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: A'Court, William (1779-1860) 1st Baron Heytesbury, diplomat DNB: A'Court, William, first Baron Heytesbury (1779–1860), diplomatist LBT ID: LdHeyte1 VIAF ID: 77000704	B/BAP: 1779-07-11 DIED: 1860-05-31
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com
The eldest son of Sir William Pierce Ashe A'Court, first baronet (d. 1817); educated at Eton, he was ambassador to Russia (1828-32) and lord lieutenant of Ireland (1844-46).
REFERENCES TO William A'Court, first baron Heytesbury: Sydney Smith to Richard Sharp, [4 February] 1835 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [12 August 1844] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1835 Letters 1844