Peerage Record – 43958

     Robert Douglas Hardtman Holmes à Court was born on 9 April 1913.¹ He was the son of Leonard Wyndham Daly Holmes à Court and Helen Marjorie Hardtman.² He married Sheila Gwendolyne Gibbon, daughter of Hugo Hauffman Gibbon, on 2 May 1941.¹ He died on 26 February 1983 at age 69.¹
     He was educated at Haileybury College, Haileybury, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹ He was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal.¹ He was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1952.¹ He was Assistanat Commissioner of Police, Malawi.¹

     Hugo Hauffman Gibbon lived at Trinidad.¹

     Sheila Gwendolyne Gibbon is the daughter of Hugo Hauffman Gibbon.² She married Robert Douglas Hardtman Holmes à Court, son of Leonard Wyndham Daly Holmes à Court and Helen Marjorie Hardtman, on 2 May 1941.¹
     From 2 May 1941, her married name became Holmes à Court. She lived in 2003 at 3 Belmont Road, Mowbray, South Africa^G.¹

     Robert Leonard Holmes à Court was born on 3 July 1946.¹ He is the son of Robert Douglas Hardtman Holmes à Court and Sheila Gwendolyne Gibbon.² He married Astrid Jackson, daughter of Henry Dirk Jackson, on 21 June 1997.¹
     He was educated at Haileybury College, Haileybury, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa^G, with a Master of Science (M.Sc.) Electrical Enginering.)¹ He lived in 2003 at 104 Forest Lodge, Main Road, Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa^G.¹

     Henry Dirk Jackson lived at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.¹

     Astrid Jackson is the daughter of Henry Dirk Jackson.² She married Robert Leonard Holmes à Court, son of Robert Douglas Hardtman Holmes à Court and Sheila Gwendolyne Gibbon, on 21 June 1997.¹
     From 21 June 1997, her married name became Holmes à Court.

     Sheila Lou Holmes à Court was born on 26 February 1942.¹ She is the daughter of Robert Douglas Hardtman Holmes à Court and Sheila Gwendolyne Gibbon.² She married, firstly, Nigel Gordon Armstrong on 2 May 1964.¹ She and Nigel Gordon Armstrong were divorced in 1997.¹ She married, secondly, Alan Lowes on 27 June 1997.¹
     From 2 May 1964, her married name became Armstrong. From 27 June 1997, her married name became Lowes.¹ She lived in 2003 at 441 Cowpen Road, Blyth, Northumberland, England^G.¹

     Nigel Gordon Armstrong married Sheila Lou Holmes à Court, daughter of Robert Douglas Hardtman Holmes à Court and Sheila Gwendolyne Gibbon, on 2 May 1964.¹ He and Sheila Lou Holmes à Court were divorced in 1997.¹

     James Douglas Armstrong was born on 19 March 1969.¹ He is the son of Nigel Gordon Armstrong and Sheila Lou Holmes à Court.² He married Deborah (?) in 1989.¹

     Deborah (?) married James Douglas Armstrong, son of Nigel Gordon Armstrong and Sheila Lou Holmes à Court, in 1989.¹
     From 1989, her married name became Armstrong.