Heathcote Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for people with the surname Heathcote, both in the Baronetage of Great Britain and both created in 1733. The holders of the first creation were later elevated to the peerage as Baron Aveland and Earl of Ancaster, which titles are now extinct. However, both baronetcies are extant as of 2008.
The Heathcote Baronetcy, of London, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 17 January 1733 for Gilbert Heathcote, Lord Mayor of London
in 1711 and one of the founders of the Bank of England
. His son, the second Baronet
, represented Grantham
and Bodmin
in the House of Commons
. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baronet
, who sat as a Member of Parliament
for Shaftesbury
. His son, the fourth Baronet
, represented Lincolnshire
and Rutland
in Parliament as a Whig. On his death the titles passed to his son, the fifth Baronet
. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Boston
, South Lincolnshire
and Rutland and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
. In 1856 he was created Baron Aveland, of Aveland in the County of Lincoln, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. Lord Aveland married Clementina Drummond-Willoughby, 24th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (a descendant of the Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven). They were both succeeded by their son, the second and twenty-fifth Baron respectively. In 1872 he assumed by Royal license the additional surnames of Willoughby and Drummond. Lord Aveland represented Boston and Rutland in the House of Commons as a Liberal
. In 1892 the Ancaster title held by his maternal ancestors was revived when he was made Earl of Ancaster, in the County of Lincoln. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Horncastle
and served as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
.
His son, the third Earl, represented Rutland and Stamford
in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. In 1951 he was summoned to the House of Lords
through a writ in acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He succeeded his father later that year. His only son and heir Timothy, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, went missing at sea in 1963. As a result, on Lord Ancaster's death in 1983 the barony of Aveland and earldom became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony of Willoughby de Eresby by his daughter Nancy. The Heathcote Baronetcy also survived, and was inherited by the late Earl's kinsman, the ninth Baronet. He is a descendant of Robert Heathcote, third son of the third Baronet, and is a retired Brigadier
in the British Army
. The holder of the Earldom of Ancaster was the senior holder of the Lord Great Chamberlainship
. The Hon. Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
, second son of the first Earl of Ancaster, was a Conservative politician.
The Heathcote Baronetcy, of Hursley
in the County of Southampton, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 16 August 1733 for William Heathcote
. He represented Buckingham
and Southampton
in the House of Commons
. The third Baronet sat as a Member of Parliament for Hampshire
. The fourth Baronet represented Hampshire in Parliament as a Conservative
. He assumed the additional surname of Freeman. The fifth Baronet was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Hampshire, North Hampshire
and Oxford University
and was admitted to the Privy Council
in 1870. The ninth Baronet was Bishop of New Westminster in British Columbia
.
The first Baronet married Lady Elizabeth Parker, only daughter of Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
. The earldom of Macclesfield and its subsidiary title the viscountcy of Parker had been created with remainder, in default of male issue, to the Earl’s daughter Elizabeth and the heirs male of her body. As a result, all male-line descendants of Sir William Heathcote and Lady Elizabeth, including the present Baronet, are in special remainder to these peerages.
The Heathcote Baronetcy, of London, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 17 January 1733 for Gilbert Heathcote, Lord Mayor of London
Lord Mayor of London
The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London is the legal title for the Mayor of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and...
in 1711 and one of the founders of the Bank of England
Bank of England
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. His son, the second Baronet
Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London, and Hester, daughter of Christopher Rayner...
, represented Grantham
Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)
Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain...
and Bodmin
Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)
Bodmin was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall from 1295 until 1983. Initially, it was a parliamentary borough, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England and later the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1868 general...
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baronet
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet, and Bridget, daughter of Thomas White. He succeeded as third Baronet on his father's death in 1759...
, who sat as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Shaftesbury was a parliamentary constituency in Dorset. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1295 until 1832 and one member until the constituency was abolished in 1885....
. His son, the fourth Baronet
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson...
, represented Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Lincolnshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832.-History:...
and Rutland
Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...
in Parliament as a Whig. On his death the titles passed to his son, the fifth Baronet
Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland
Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland , known as Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th Baronet, from 1851 to 1856, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...
. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Boston
Boston (UK Parliament constituency)
Boston was a parliamentary borough in Lincolnshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1547 until 1885, and then one member from 1885 until 1918, when the constituency was abolished.-History:...
, South Lincolnshire
South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Lincolnshire, formally called the Southern Division of Lincolnshire or Parts of Kesteven and Holland, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire...
and Rutland and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. Since 1660, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Lincolnshire.*Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln 1550/1552–?*Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland 1551–1563?...
. In 1856 he was created Baron Aveland, of Aveland in the County of Lincoln, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. Lord Aveland married Clementina Drummond-Willoughby, 24th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (a descendant of the Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven). They were both succeeded by their son, the second and twenty-fifth Baron respectively. In 1872 he assumed by Royal license the additional surnames of Willoughby and Drummond. Lord Aveland represented Boston and Rutland in the House of Commons as a Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
. In 1892 the Ancaster title held by his maternal ancestors was revived when he was made Earl of Ancaster, in the County of Lincoln. He was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Horncastle
Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
Horncastle was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. MPs were elected by the first past the post system of voting....
and served as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland. The post was abolished on 31 March 1974, with the area coming under the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, but revived in 1997...
.
His son, the third Earl, represented Rutland and Stamford
Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland and Stamford was a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system.The...
in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. In 1951 he was summoned to the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
through a writ in acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Willoughby de Eresby. He succeeded his father later that year. His only son and heir Timothy, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, went missing at sea in 1963. As a result, on Lord Ancaster's death in 1983 the barony of Aveland and earldom became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony of Willoughby de Eresby by his daughter Nancy. The Heathcote Baronetcy also survived, and was inherited by the late Earl's kinsman, the ninth Baronet. He is a descendant of Robert Heathcote, third son of the third Baronet, and is a retired Brigadier
Brigadier
Brigadier is a senior military rank, the meaning of which is somewhat different in different military services. The brigadier rank is generally superior to the rank of colonel, and subordinate to major general....
in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
. The holder of the Earldom of Ancaster was the senior holder of the Lord Great Chamberlainship
Lord Great Chamberlain
The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the Lord Privy Seal and above the Lord High Constable...
. The Hon. Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
Lieutenant-Colonel Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby was a British Conservative Party politician.Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby was the second son of Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster, and his wife Lady Evelyn Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly...
, second son of the first Earl of Ancaster, was a Conservative politician.
The Heathcote Baronetcy, of Hursley
Hursley
Hursley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England with a population of around 800 in 2005. It is located roughly mid-way between Romsey and Winchester on the A3090...
in the County of Southampton, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 16 August 1733 for William Heathcote
Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet
Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet was a British merchant and politician.Heathcote was a successful merchant who purchased the Hursley estate in 1718. Between the years of 1721 and 1724 William built a red brick, Queen Anne style mansion now known as Hursley House on the site of a hunting lodge...
. He represented Buckingham
Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Buckingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
and Southampton
Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)
Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. Centred on the town of Southampton, it returned two Members of Parliament from 1295 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election....
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
. The third Baronet sat as a Member of Parliament for Hampshire
Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Hampshire was a county constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832...
. The fourth Baronet represented Hampshire in Parliament as a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
. He assumed the additional surname of Freeman. The fifth Baronet was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Hampshire, North Hampshire
North Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
- Notes and references :...
and Oxford University
Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)
Oxford University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950.-Boundaries, Electorate and Electoral System:...
and was admitted to the Privy Council
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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in 1870. The ninth Baronet was Bishop of New Westminster in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
.
The first Baronet married Lady Elizabeth Parker, only daughter of Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC, FRS was an English Whig politician.-Youth and early career:He was born in Staffordshire, the son of Thomas Parker, an attorney at Leek. He was educated at Adams' Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge...
. The earldom of Macclesfield and its subsidiary title the viscountcy of Parker had been created with remainder, in default of male issue, to the Earl’s daughter Elizabeth and the heirs male of her body. As a result, all male-line descendants of Sir William Heathcote and Lady Elizabeth, including the present Baronet, are in special remainder to these peerages.
Heathcote Baronets, of London (1733)
- Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet (1652–1733)
- Sir John Heathcote, 2nd BaronetSir John Heathcote, 2nd BaronetSir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London, and Hester, daughter of Christopher Rayner...
(1689–1759) - Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd BaronetSir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd BaronetSir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet, and Bridget, daughter of Thomas White. He succeeded as third Baronet on his father's death in 1759...
(d. 1785) - Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th BaronetSir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th BaronetSir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson...
(1773–1851) - Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th BaronetGilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron AvelandGilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland , known as Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th Baronet, from 1851 to 1856, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...
(1795–1867) (created Baron Aveland in 1856)
Barons Aveland (1856)
- Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron AvelandGilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron AvelandGilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland , known as Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th Baronet, from 1851 to 1856, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...
(1795–1867) - Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Baron AvelandGilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of AncasterSir Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 6th Baronet, 1st Earl of Ancaster PC , known as 2nd Baron Aveland from 1867 to 1888 and as 25th Baron Willoughby de Eresby from 1888 to 1892, was a British Liberal politician and court official.Born Gilbert Henry Heathcote, he was the son of Gilbert...
(1830–1910) (created Earl of Ancaster in 1892)
Earls of Ancaster (1892)
- Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of AncasterGilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of AncasterSir Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 6th Baronet, 1st Earl of Ancaster PC , known as 2nd Baron Aveland from 1867 to 1888 and as 25th Baron Willoughby de Eresby from 1888 to 1892, was a British Liberal politician and court official.Born Gilbert Henry Heathcote, he was the son of Gilbert...
(1830–1910) - Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of AncasterGilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of AncasterSir Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 7th Baronet, 2nd Earl of Ancaster, 3rd Baron Aveland, 26th Baron Willoughby de Eresby , known as Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1892 to 1910, was a British Conservative politician....
(1867–1951) - Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of AncasterGilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of AncasterGilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster , styled Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1910 to 1951, was a British Conservative politician....
(1907–1983)- Timothy Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1936–1963)
Heathcote Baronets, of London (1733; Reverted)
- Sir (Gilbert) Simon Heathcote, 9th Baronet (b. 1913)
Heathcote Baronets, of Hursley (1733)
- Sir William Heathcote, 1st BaronetSir William Heathcote, 1st BaronetSir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet was a British merchant and politician.Heathcote was a successful merchant who purchased the Hursley estate in 1718. Between the years of 1721 and 1724 William built a red brick, Queen Anne style mansion now known as Hursley House on the site of a hunting lodge...
(1693–1751) - Sir Thomas Heathcote, 2nd Baronet (1721–1787)
- Sir William Heathcote, 3rd Baronet (1746–1819)
- Sir Thomas Freeman-Heathcote, 4th Baronet (1769–1825)
- Sir William Heathcote, 5th BaronetSir William Heathcote, 5th BaronetSir William Heathcote, 5th Baronet PC , was a British landowner and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
(1801–1881) - Sir William Perceval Heathcote, 6th Baronet (1826–1903)
- Sir William Arthur Heathcote, 7th Baronet (1853–1924)
- Sir Gilbert Redvers Heathcote, 8th Baronet (1854–1937)
- Sir Francis Cooke Caulfeild Heathcote, 9th BaronetSir Francis Heathcote, 9th BaronetSir Francis Cooke Caulfeild Heathcote, 9th Baronet was an Anglican clergyman.He was born in Northamptonshire, England and educated at Lancing College, Sussex before emigrating to Canada in 1882. He studied at Trinity College, Toronto and was ordained in 1891...
(1868–1961) - Sir Leonard Vyvyan Heathcote, 10th Baronet (1885–1963)
- Sir Michael Perryman Heathcote, 11th Baronet (1927–2007)
- Sir Timothy Gilbert Heathcote, 12th Baronet (b. 1957)
See also
- Baron Willoughby de EresbyBaron Willoughby de EresbyBaron Willoughby de Eresby is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1313 for Robert de Willoughby of Eresby Manor, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire. The fourteenth Baron was created Earl of Lindsey in 1626. His great-grandson, the fourth Earl and seventeenth Baron, was created...
- Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
- Earl of LindseyEarl of LindseyEarl of Lindsey is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1626 for the 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby . He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1635 to 1636 and also established his claim in right of his mother to the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England...
- Earl of Macclesfield (1721 creation)Earl of MacclesfieldEarl of Macclesfield is a title that has been created twice. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1679 in favour of the soldier and politician Charles Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard...