Pierce A'Court

Pierce à Court ( – 20 March 1725) was a British Whig politician who served as a Member of Parliament.

Early life À Court was born at Ivy Church, Wiltshire in . He was the only son of John à Court (–1701) of Bath and Rodden, Somerset, and the former Mary Pierce, a daughter of Dr. Robert Pierce of Bath.

His paternal grandparents were John à Court of Frome, Somerset and Lydia ( Brewer) à Court (a daughter of William Brewer).

He graduated from Lincoln College, Oxford on 29 March 1694, aged 16. and sister of Edward Ashe, also MP for Heytesbury. Elizabeth was the eventual heir to the Heytesbury Estate (including Heytesbury House), which had been bought by her grandfather, Edward Ashe, in 1641. Together, they were the parents of five sons and one daughter, including: William Ashe-à Court (–1781), who married Annabella Vernon, daughter of Thomas Vernon, MP for Whitchurch (a son of Sir Thomas Vernon), in 1746. Alexander à Court (b. 1710), a Captain in the British Navy who died unmarried. John à Court (1707–1707), who died in infancy.

He died at Rodden, Somerset on 20 March 1725. He was succeeded in his estates by his eldest son, Pierce.