Heytesbury Street
Heytesbury Street (; ) is a tree-lined inner city street north of the South Circular Road, in Portobello, Dublin, Portobello, Dublin, Ireland. History The street is named after William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury (1789–1860), Lord Lieutenant 1844–46. Built and developed as an artery to join Portobello, Dublin, Portobello Harbour about 1820, its current layout dates from the mid-19th century. It is primarily a residential street but also contains a school: Synge Street CBS is officially known as St Paul's Secondary School, Heytesbury Street. Jonathan Swift had a vegetable garden and a paddock for his horse nearby. The entrance to the Meath Hospital was located on this street. The hospital's foundations were laid by Lord Brabazon in October 1770. The hospital was initially known as The Meath Hospital and County Dublin Infirmary, but was renamed on its move in 1823. James Clarence Mangan and Brendan Behan were patients in the Meath Hospital and died there. Oliver St John ...
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William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury
William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury GCB PC (11 July 1779 – 31 May 1860), known as Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet, from 1817 to 1828, was an English diplomat and Conservative politician. Background and education Heytesbury was the eldest son of Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet, and Laetitia, daughter of Henry Wyndham. He was educated at Eton and entered the Diplomatic Service at an early age. Political and diplomatic career In 1812 Heytesbury was elected to the House of Commons for Dorchester, a seat he held until 1814. He was also Envoy Extraordinary to the Barbary States from 1813 to 1814, to the Kingdom of Naples in 1814 and to Spain from 1822 to 1824 and served as Ambassador to Portugal between 1824 and 1828. The latter year Heytesbury was appointed Ambassador to Russia, where he had to deal with the Russo-Turkish War of 1828 to 1829 and the tensions created by the Russian Empire's occupation of the Danubian Principalities. Florescu, Radu R. (2021), ''The St ...
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