Edward Henry A'Court

Edward Henry à Court-Repington (10 December 1783 – 22 September 1855 ), known as Edward Henry à Court until 1847 and sometimes spelled A'Court or A'Court-Repington, was a British Conservative and Tory politician, and navy officer.

Family and early life Born as Edward Henry à Court, he was the son of Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet and Letitia, who was daughter of Henry Wyndham and sister to Henry Penruddocke Wyndham. À Court-Repington was also the brother of Charles Ashe à Court-Repington and William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury. While he never married, on 24 September 1847, by Royal Licence, he took the additional surname of Repington, in accordance with the will of his father's first cousin, Charles Edward Repington, who had gifted him £30,000 and Amington Hall in Tamworth, Staffordshire, upon his death in 1837.