Peerage Record – 43950

     Adelaide Emily Holmes à Court was born on 29 April 1883.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Alexander Holmes à Court and Adelaide Sophie Hamersley.² She married Sir John Walter Barrington Simeon, 6th Bt., son of Sir Edmund Charles Simeon, 5th Bt. and Laura Jane Westropp-Dawson, on 22 April 1909.¹ She died on 3 September 1934 at age 51.¹
     From 22 April 1909, her married name became Simeon.

     Sir John Walter Barrington Simeon, 6th Bt. was born in January 1886.² He is the son of Sir Edmund Charles Simeon, 5th Bt. and Laura Jane Westropp-Dawson.² He married Adelaide Emily Holmes à Court, daughter of Edward Alexander Holmes à Court and Adelaide Sophie Hamersley, on 22 April 1909.¹ He died on 24 June 1957 at age 71.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.² He gained the rank of Captain in the 8th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.² He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Simeon, of Grazeley, Berkshire [U.K., 1815] on 18 June 1915.¹ He gained the rank of Assistant Equipment Officer in the Royal Flying Corps.²

     Ruth Mary Holmes à Court was born on 4 June 1885.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Alexander Holmes à Court and Adelaide Sophie Hamersley.² She married, firstly, Major Charles Evelyn Forrest on 20 August 1910.¹ She married, secondly, Colonel Ernest Astley Edmund Lethbridge, son of Sir Wroth Acland Lethbridge, 4th Bt. and Ann Williams Benyon, on 9 July 1919.¹ She died on 29 August 1960 at age 75.¹
     From 20 August 1910, her married name became Forrest. From 9 July 1919, her married name became Lethbridge.¹

     Major Charles Evelyn Forrest married Ruth Mary Holmes à Court, daughter of Edward Alexander Holmes à Court and Adelaide Sophie Hamersley, on 20 August 1910.¹ He died on 22 November 1915 at Mesopotamia, killed in action.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He fought in the First World War.¹

     Arthur Wyndham Holmes à Court was born on 7 May 1848.¹ He was the son of William Henry Ashe Holmes à Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury of Heytesbury and Elizabeth Worsley-Holmes.² He married Ann Berkeley Hartman-Berkeley, daughter of Hon. Thomas Berkeley Hartman-Berkeley, on 23 October 1873.¹ He died on 2 October 1915 at age 67.¹
     He was Surveyor of Public Works between 1872 and 1903 at Antigua.¹

     Hon. Thomas Berkeley Hartman-Berkeley was Vice-President of the General Council, Leeward Islands.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹

     Ann Berkeley Hartman-Berkeley was the daughter of Hon. Thomas Berkeley Hartman-Berkeley.² She married Arthur Wyndham Holmes à Court, son of William Henry Ashe Holmes à Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury of Heytesbury and Elizabeth Worsley-Holmes, on 23 October 1873.¹ She died on 7 April 1935.¹
     From 23 October 1873, her married name became Holmes à Court.

     Arthur Worsley Holmes à Court was born on 17 September 1876.¹ He was the son of Arthur Wyndham Holmes à Court and Ann Berkeley Hartman-Berkeley.² He married Sarah Eleanor Mawson, daughter of John Mawson, on 17 June 1904.¹ He died on 23 December 1919 at age 43, from wounds received in action.¹
     He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1901, with Strathcona’s Horse.¹ He fought in the First World War, with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was gassed and wounded.²

     John Mawson lived at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.¹

     Sarah Eleanor Mawson is the daughter of John Mawson.² She married Arthur Worsley Holmes à Court, son of Arthur Wyndham Holmes à Court and Ann Berkeley Hartman-Berkeley, on 17 June 1904.¹
     From 17 June 1904, her married name became Holmes à Court.