Background
Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson. He succeeded as fourth Baronet on his father"s death in 1785.
Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson. He succeeded as fourth Baronet on his father"s death in 1785.
His principal seat was in Rutland where he held considerable property augmented by further large holdings north of the Grimsthorpe Estate in Kesteven. In 1795 he was appointed High Sheriff of Rutland and in 1796 he was elected to the House of Commons for Lincolnshire as a Whig, a seat he held until 1807, and then represented Rutland from 1812 to 1841. Heathcote married firstly Lady Katherine Sophia Manners, eldest daughter of John Manners and Louisa, Countess of Dysart, in 1793.
After his first wife"s death in 1825 he remarried the same year.
Heathcote was for many years a senior steward of Epsom Downs Racecourse, which adjoined his home at The Durdans.
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