William Holmes à Court, 5th Baron Heytesbury
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Died27 November 1971 (aged 65)
Spouse
Beryl Bredin Crawford
(m. 1926)Children1
William Leonard Frank Holmes à Court | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Leonard Frank Holmes à Court 17 April 1906 |
| Died | 27 November 1971 (aged 65) |
| Spouse |
Beryl Bredin Crawford
(m. 1926) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Leonard Holmes à Court, 4th Baron Heytesbury (father) Sybil Mary Morris (mother) |
William Leonard Frank Holmes à Court, 5th Baron Heytesbury of Heytesbury (17 April 1906 – 27 November 1971) was a British landowner and peer, serving as a Member of the House of Lords from 1949 until 1971.
The only son of Leonard Holmes à Court, 4th Baron Heytesbury, and his wife Sybil Mary Morris, a daughter of Captain Frank Bird Morris, the young Holmes à Court was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1][2]
Career
Personal life
On 11 May 1926, Holmes à Court married Beryl Bredin Crawford, a daughter of Dr Albert Edward Bredin Crawford. They had an only child, Francis Holmes à Court, 6th Baron Heytesbury (1931–2004), who in 1971 succeeded to the peerage and baronetage.[1]
