Worsley baronets of Appuldurcombe (1611)

The Worsley baronetcy, of Appuldurcombe in the County of Hampshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for the landowner and politician Richard Worsley.[2]

On the death of the 4th Baronet, the title passed to a branch of the family living at Pylewell, near Lymington, Hampshire. All except the 6th and 8th Baronets were Members of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight, as were other members of the family including Henry Worsley. The 7th Baronet was succeeded in his estates by his niece who married the 1st Earl of Yarborough, with the title passing to a distant kinsman. It became extinct on the death of his son, 9th Baronet, in 1825.[3]

In 1833, Elizabeth Holmes, the daughter and heiress of the 9th Baronet, married William à Court, the heir of William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury. At the same time he assumed by royal licence the additional surname of Holmes after that of à Court.[4] In 1860 he changed the family name, by royal licence, from à Court-Holmes to Holmes-à Court.[5]

Before succeeding as 2nd Baron Heytesbury, William à Court-Holmes was member of parliament for the Isle of Wight from 1837 to 1847, and his grandson William Holmes à Court, 3rd Baron Heytesbury, still had an estate at Newport, Isle of Wight, when he died in 1903.[6]

Worsley baronets, of Appuldurcombe (1611)

Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Worsley baronets, of Appuldurcombe
Sir Richard Worsley
1st Baronet
1588–1621
Sir Henry Worsley
2nd Baronet
1613–1666		Unknown sonThomas Worsley
Sir Robert Worsley
3rd Baronet
1643–1675		Sir James Worsley
?–1695		George Worsley
Sir Robert Worsley
4th Baronet
1669–1747		Sir James Worsley
5th Baronet
1672–1756		Rev.
John Worsley
Sir Thomas Worsley
6th Baronet
1728–1768		Thomas Worsley
Sir Richard Worsley
7th Baronet
1751–1805		Sir Henry Worsley-Holmes
8th Baronet
?–1811
Robert Worsley
1776–1795		Sir Leonard Worsley-Holmes
9th Baronet
1787–1825		Richard Worsley-Holmes
1792–1814
Baronetcy extinct

Notes

  1. ^ A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cokayne, George Edward (1900). Complete Baronetage. Vol. I. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 66–68.
  3. ^ Burke, John (1838). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, by J. and J.B. Burke. Scott, Webster & Geary. pp. 580–582.
  4. ^ "No. 19094". The London Gazette. 18 October 1833. p. 1869.
  5. ^ "No. 22415". The London Gazette. 21 August 1860. p. 3087.
  6. ^ "Heytesbury, 3rd Baron cr 1828, (William Frederick Holmes A’Court) (25 June 1862–15 Aug. 1903)", Who Was Who, published online 1 December 2007, accessed 26 October 2025 (subscription required)
  7. ^ "Worsley, Sir Richard, 1st Bt. (1588-1621), of Appuldurcombe, I.o.W., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  8. ^ "Worsley, Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (1613-66), of Appuldurcombe, Godshill, I.o.W., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  9. ^ "Worsley, Sir Robert, 3rd Bt. (c.1643-75), of Appuldurcombe, Godshill, I.o.W., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  10. ^ "Worsley, Sir Robert, 4th Bt. (?1669-1747), of Appuldurcombe, I.o.W. and Chilton Condover, Hants., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  11. ^ "Worsley, James (1672-1756), of Pylewell Park, Hants., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  12. ^ "Worsley, Sir Richard, 7th Bt. (1751-1805), of Appuldurcombe, I.o.W., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  13. ^ "Worsley Holmes, Sir Leonard Thomas, 9th bt. (1787-1825), of Westover, Calbourne, I.o.W., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
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