Charles Henry Wyndham a'Court Repington

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• Baptism: 1819, Heytesbury, Wiltshire
• Birth: 14 Oct 1819, Armington, Warws., Eng.
• Residence: 1851, Delph, Staffordshire; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Civil: 3 Aug 1854, Surrey
• Residence: 1881, St George Hanover Square, London
• Residence: 1881, London; Age: 61; Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Head
• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Ockham, Surrey

Notes:

Charles Henry Wyndham a'Court Repington. M.P. for Wilton, Wilts, 1852-5, died 29 October 1903. See Heytesbury in Burke's Peerage.

Charles married Emily Currie on 5 Aug 1854 in Pimlico, London. Emily (daughter of Henry Currie and Emma Knox) was born in 1830 in Marylebone, London; died on 28 Feb 1916 in Ockham, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Emily A'Court Repington was born about 1868 in London; died in Mar 1942 in Dorchester, Dorset.
2. Sidney A'Court Repington was born on 5 Aug 1862 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 20 Feb 1951 in Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire.
3. Margaret A'Court Repington was born in 1856 in London; died on 2 Nov 1927 in Chelsea, London.
4. Charles Ashe A'Court Repington was born on 29 Jan 1858 in Heytesbury, Wiltshire; died on 25 May 1925 in Hove, Sussex.

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• Residence: Heytesbury, Wiltshire; Marital Status: Bachelor; Marital Status: Spinster
• Residence: 1839, England
• Residence: 1851, Heytesbury, Wiltshire; Age: 67; Relation to Head of House: Visitor
• Residence: 1851, Delph, Staffordshire; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

Lieut-General Charles Ashe a'Court of Amington Hall, co. Warwick, who by Royal licence 24 October 1855, took name of Repington. Died 19 April 1861. See Heytesbury in 'Burke's Peerage'.

At the time of his marriage he was Lieut.-Col. and Adjutant General to the British Forces in the Mediterranean. Succeeded to Amington Hall on the death of his brother Admiral E.H. a'Court-Repington, 1855. His eldest brother was William, 1st Baron Heytesbury, of Heytesbury, Wilts. Colonel 41st Regiment, Knight of the Guelphic Order 1818, and C.B.



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Extract from "The Times" dated 20 April 1861
Death of General Charles Ashe A'Court (sic) Repington CB - The colonelcy of the 41st Regiment of Foot has become vacant by the death of General A'Court Repington, father of Lady Herbert of Lea, who died at 5 a.m. yesterday morning, at Armington (sic) Hall, near Tamworth, after a protracted illness. General Repington was the youngest son of Sir William Pierce Ashe A'Court, by his second marriage with Letitia, daughter of Mr. Henry Wyndham, of the College, Salisbury. he was born of the 20th of June, 1785, and married on the 10th of May, 1815, Mary the only daughter of Mr. Abraham Gibbs. The gallant General entered the army in 1801, and for the first 15 years saw much active service, having been detached on a separate command in 1806 to the Adriatic, to attack the islands of Tremitis, and in the same year assisted in the siege of Scylla. In 1807 he served in Egypt, and was present at the capture of Alexandria and in the action near Rosetta. At the siege and capture of Santa Maura he was in charge of the Quartermaster-General's Department; he was also at the siege of Capri the same year. When aide-de-campe to the Adjutant-General, when the enemy landed in Sicily in 1809 he commanded the advanced guard, to which nearly 1,000 prisoners surrendered, and he personally captured the enemies standard. The deceased General served afterwards on the Staff in Sicily, Spain, and Italy, and was present at Tarragons, action of Villa Franca, and retreat thence; subsequently, at the occupation of Leghorn, capture of Genoa, siege of Savona, and lastly at the surrender of Naples in 1815. the late General was for some time one of the Poor Law Commissioners. In 1818 he was made a Knight of the Hanoverian Order in recognition of his military services, and in 1831 was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He was also a Knight of St. Ferdinand and Merit of Naples, and a Knight of St. Maurice and Lazare of Sardinia. In February, 1848, he was appointed Colonel of the 41st (the Welsh) Regiment of Foot, which by his death becomes at the disposal of the Commander-in- Chief. His commissions bear date as follow (sic) :-Ensign, December 17, 1801; Lieutenant, September 2, 1802; Captain, July 25, 1804; Major, February 22, 1811; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 19, 1813; Colonel, July 22, 1830; Major- General, November 23, 1841; Lieutenant-General, November 11, 1851; and General, February 20, 1856

Charles married Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs on 10 May 1815 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Mary (daughter of Abraham Gibbs, of Palermo and Mary Elizabeth Douglas) was born on 11 Oct 1793 in Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy; died on 21 Jan 1878 in 29 Lowndes Street, Chelsea, London; was buried in Woking, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1851, Delph, Staffordshire; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1861, Amington, Warwickshire

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Only child. Died 21 January 1878, buried in Woking Cemetery.

Notes:

Sir William Pierce Ashe à Court, 1st Baronet (c. 1747 – 22 July 1817) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament (MP).

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_à_Court,_1st_Baronet

William married Letitia Wyndham in 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 10 Sep 1758, Topsham, Devon

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Abraham Gibbs, Esq., of Palermo, merchant. Died 15 July 1816 at Palermo and buried there.

In business in Italy and Sicily from 1775 till he died; at Leghorn at least till 1788; later at Palermo where he traded under the style of Gibbs & Co., with a branch at Naples. He was Banker to the Court of the Two Sicilies at Naples, Consul at Palermo for the U.S. of America, Paymaster to the British Forces in the Mediterranean. A friend of Admiral Lord Nelson and agent for the management of his estates at Bronte, Sicily, and after his death to his brother and successor, Earl Nelson, D.D. A letter from Lord Nelson to Abraham which is preserved in the Aldenham collection of Family letters, is printed in 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs and there are more letters from Nelson to him in published collections of Nelson's letters and many references to him in letters from Nelson to others (see Additions of 1927 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs). Abraham died by suicide in his house in Palermo, and his firm, which had hitherto prospered well, was liquidated by his nephew and partner, William H. Gibbs, Portrait, see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs.

Abraham married Mary Elizabeth Douglas in Aug 1790 in Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy. Mary (daughter of Sir James Douglas, of Faringdon and Isobel Douglas) was born on 10 Sep 1753 in England; died on 4 Mar 1797 in Naples, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 7 May 1772
• Baptism: 10 May 1772, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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3rd daughter of Sir James Douglas of Faringdon, Berkshire, British Consul at Naples. She was under 18 on 2 March 1787. Died 4 March 1797.

There is an abstract of Sir J. Douglas's will proved 1795 in the 'Aldenham Genealogical Collections'.

Notes:

General William Ashe-à Court (c. 1708 – 2 August 1781) was a senior British Army officer and a Member of Parliament.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ashe-à_Court

William married Annabella Vernon in 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Sea Capitain
• Baptism: 19 Jan 1726, Topsham, Devon

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Baptised at Topsham 19 January 1725. Died at sea 20 July 1774. Will dated 22 June 1773, proved 3 November 1778 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Doctors Commons, London.

His home after marriage was in Shapter Street, Topsham. Will proved by Elizabeth his widow; George Abraham Gibbs and Antony Gibbs certify. Party to a deed with his wife, her neice Elizabeth Roper, and Nathaniel George Petre, 11 December 1765.

John married Elizabeth Meachin on 13 Jan 1751/52. Elizabeth (daughter of William Meachin and Elizabeth Bury) was born before 1731; died in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Younger daughter and husband of William Meachin by Elizabeth, daughter of .... Bury. Will dated 29 October 1778, proved 28 July 1779 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Doctors Commons, London.

For the Meachin family and pedigree see 'Aldenham Genealogical Collections', Vol. A, p. 439 and Vol. CI. p. 427. Her portrait was supposed to be in a picture bought by Lord Aldenham in 1912 (by Sir Godfrey Kneller) of three children, which was labelled 'Mary, Elizabeth, and William, children of William Meachin', but, as she is only known to have had sisters Catherine and Margaret, and no brother is recorded, the identity is doubtful. Her will was proved by George Abraham Gibbs and William Gibbs; power reserved to John her eldest son.

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• Occupation: Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy; Consul
• Residence: Faringdon, Berkshire

James married Isobel Douglas on 22 Oct 1792 in Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]