Background
Hesilrige was the son of Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 3rd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Fenwick, daughter of George Fenwick, of Bruntonhall, Northumberland.
Hesilrige was the son of Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 3rd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Fenwick, daughter of George Fenwick, of Bruntonhall, Northumberland.
He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1680. Hesilrige died unmarried at the age of 36.
In 1687 Hesilrige was appointed Sheriff of Leicestershire and in 1690 was elected Member of Parliament for Leicestershire, holding the seat until 1695.