Lt Gen Charles Ashe À Court Repington

1785 - 1861  (75 years)

• Name	Charles Ashe À Court Repington
  Prefix	Lt Gen
  Birth	17 Jun 1785
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Apr 1861
  Person ID	I147624	First tree
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2016

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs,   b. 1793   d. 21 Jan 1878 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1815
  Children	1. Elizabeth À Court Repington,   b. 1822   d. 30 Oct 1911 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F23937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Lt.-Gen. Charles Ashe à Court Repington was baptised with the name of Charles Ashe à Court Married Anna Maria Gibbs (1793-1878), daughter of Abraham Gibbs of Naples and then Palermo (cousin of the English mercantile family of William and Anthony Gibbs) and Mary Elizabeth Douglas, youngest daughter of Sir James Douglas, the British Consul General in Naples. Sir James Douglas died in 1795 and Mary Elizabeth in 1797, leaving the infant Anna Maria as one of the heirs to Sir James Douglas' St Kitts's estates. On their marriage in 1815, Anna Maria assumed her mother's names as Mary Elizabeth Catherine. Abraham Gibbs settled £30,000 in trust on the couple as part of the marriage settlement, but then went bankrupt and committed suicide in 1816, amid allegations that he had misappropriated revenues due to Nelson's heir. Charles A'Court pressed for the settlement to be honoured, and separated from Mary, settling for £10,000 in 1818 and returning to England with Mary, remarrying to ensure the legitimacy of their heir (Charles Henry Wyndham A'Court) at Heytesbury 07/07/1819.