Herbert Edward Holme A'COURT
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- Herbert Edward Holme A'COURT, Vice Admiral, The Honourable Royal Navy. Born 16th February 1869, died 21st October 1934 at Leonard Stanley House, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire aged 65 of heart failure. At rest in All Saints Churchyard, Stone with Woodford, Gloucestershire.
Vice-Admiral Herbert Edward Holmes A'Court was born on 16 February 1869 at Codford, St Peter, Wiltshire to William Leonard Holmes A Court and Isabella Sophia A Court, nee Beadon. He married his sister in law Lydia Gertrude Manning on 4 July 1927, widow of Honourable, Charles Holmes A'Court.
He entered HMS Britannia as a cadet in July 1882. Promoted to Lieutenant December 17, 1890. Captain in the Royal Navy, 1907. Rear-Admiral, 1919. Vice-Admiral, 1924.
In 1871 in Codford St. Peter, Wiltshire with his and siblings, his parents were at 6 York Place, Clifton the home of his aunty, Mary A Mattheis. In 1881 he was now living with his parents at High Street, Heytesbury, Wiltshire. 1891 living with his widowed mother and siblings at in 24 Apsley Road, Clifton, Bristol. In 1901 he is serving on HMS Prince George, Bay of Gibraltar aged 32. 1911, living with his brother, Richard Henry at Bishopstrow, Warminster, Wiltshire. He was a Captain in the Royal Navy.
