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 [update] .
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. [1] 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 licence 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 was a descendant of Robert Heathcote, third son of the third Baronet, and was a Brigadier in the British Army. He was succeeded by his son when he died at the age of 100 in 2014. 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. [2] 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 Anglican Bishop of New Westminster in British Columbia. Henry Heathcote, fourth son of the third baronet, received a knighthood and became an admiral in the Royal Navy, while Gilbert Heathcote, youngest son of the third baronet, also had a naval career, becoming a post-captain.
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 heir apparent to the baronetcy is the eldest son of the 10th Baronet, Alistair Robert Heathcote (born 1977).
The heir presumptive is the present holder's younger brother George Benjamin Heathcote (born 1965).
Earl 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. Lord Lindsey fought on the Royalist side in the Civil War and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Edgehill on 23 October 1642. He was succeeded by his son, the second earl. He also fought at Edgehill and surrendered to the Parliamentarians in order to attend his mortally wounded father. Lord Lindsey later fought at the First Battle of Newbury, Second Battle of Newbury, and at Naseby. His son from his second marriage, James, was created Earl of Abingdon in 1682. He was succeeded by his son from his first marriage to Martha Cockayne, the third Earl. He represented Boston in the House of Commons and served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
Baron Willoughby de Eresby is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1313 for Robert de Willoughby. Since 1983, the title has been held by Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the same surname - Wynn, these baronetcies descended from north Wales.
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC, styled17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby between 1666 and 1701, and known as 4th Earl of Lindsey between 1701 and 1706, and as 1st Marquess of Lindsey between 1706 and 1715, was a British statesman and nobleman.
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet was an English merchant and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1733. He also served as the governor of the Bank of England and was Lord Mayor of London in 1711.
General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, styled Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1715 to 1723 and Marquess of Lindsey from 1735 to 1742, was an English peer.
Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster,, 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.
Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster, known as Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1892 to 1910, was a British Conservative politician.
Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster, styled Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1910 to 1951, was a British Conservative politician.
Clementina Elizabeth Drummond-Willoughby, 24th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby was a suo jure British baroness. She was the daughter of Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby and Sarah Clementina, née Drummond. On the death of her brother, Albyric Drummond-Willoughby, 23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, in 1871, the Barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between her sister, Charlotte, and her. On 13 November 1871, the abeyance of the barony was terminated in her favour.
Baron Gwydyr, of Gwydyr in the County of Carnarvon, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 June 1796 for Sir Peter Burrell, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Boston and Haslemere in the House of Commons. The Burrell Baronetcy, of West Grinstead Park in the County of Sussex, had been created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 5 July 1766 for his great-uncle Merrik Burrell, with remainder to the latter's nephew Peter Burrell. Merrik Burrell had previously represented Marlow, Grampound, Haslemere and Great Bedwyn in Parliament. Lord Gwydyr married Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, herself a descendant of the Aberffraw legacy through her grandmother Mary Wynn. They were both succeeded by their eldest son, Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby. On the death in 1865 of his son, the two titles separated. The Barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between the late Baron's sisters while the baronetcy and barony of Gwydyr were inherited by his cousin, the fourth Baron. He was the son of the Honourable Lindsey Merrik Peter Burrell, younger son of the first Baron. The baronetcy and barony became extinct on the death of his son, the fifth Baron, on 13 February 1915.
Albyric Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Baron Gwydyr, 23rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, was a British noble baron. He was the son of Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and Sarah Clementina, née Drummond. He never married.
Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, 2nd Baron Gwydyr, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby PC, was a British politician and nobleman.
Brownlow Bertie, 5th Duke of Ancaster PC, styled Lord Brownlow Bertie until 1779, was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1779 when he succeeded to a peerage.
Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland, known as Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th Baronet from 1851 to 1856, of Stocken Hall, Rutland, was a British peer and Whig politician.
Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet of Normanton Park, Rutland, was a British Member of Parliament.
Gilbert Heathcote may refer to:
James Drummond, 1st Baron Perth, was a Scottish soldier, landowner and peer.
Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, is an English peer and member of the Astor family. She is a 1⁄4 holder of the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, which is exercised by the 7th Baron Carrington.
Philip Sherard, 5th Earl of Harborough, styled Lord Sherard from 1770 to 1799, was a British peer and politician.