He was a colonel in the army and represented Heytesbury in the House of Commons.
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Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet (1779–1860) (created Baron Heytesbury in 1828)
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It was created in 1828 for the prominent politician and diplomat Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet, who later served as Ambassador to Russia and as Viceroy of Ireland.
He was the eighth child of the Rev. David Williams (1751–1836), born on 3 February 1805 in the Hungerford almshouse in Wiltshire; his father, an uncle of John Williams (1792–1858) the archdeacon of Cardigan, was warden of the almshouse and curate of Heytesbury.
In her will she left a generous legacy to Siegfried, enabling him to purchase Heytesbury House in Wiltshire, where he spent the rest of his life.
Tytherington, Wiltshire, a settlement on the boundary of the parishes of Heytesbury and Sutton Veny
On 13 February 1809 at Heytesbury, Wiltshire, to Letitia A'Court (d. 20 January 1810), with no issue.
Heytesbury | William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury | William à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury | Heytesbury (UK Parliament constituency) | Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury | Electoral district of Villiers and Heytesbury |
It is primarily a residential street but also contains a school: Synge Street CBS is officially known as St Paul's Secondary School, Heytesbury Street.
Hyde was born at Wardour, in Wiltshire, a son of Lawrence Hyde (d.1590) of West Hatch, Wiltshire, MP for Heytesbury in 1584, by his second wife Anne Sibell, daughter of Nicholas Sibell of Farningham, Kent, and widow of Matthew Colthurst of Claverton, Somerset.
Walter Hungerford was born in 1503 at Heytesbury, Wiltshire, the only child of Sir Edward Hungerford (died 1522) of Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, and his first wife, Jane Zouche, daughter of John, Lord Zouche of Harringworth (1459–1526).
In the Convention Parliament summoned by William III in 1689, he sat for Heytesbury.