Sir
Gilbert
"1st Baronet Heathcote of London"
Heathcote
MP
Born about in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Gilbert Heathcote
and Ann (Dickens) Heathcote
Brother of
Samuel Heathcote and Caleb Heathcote
Husband of
Hester (Rayner) Heathcote
— married
30 May 1682 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ann (Heathcote) Jacobson, Frances Heathcote, Gilbert Heathcote, John Heathcote Bt, Hester Heathcote, Gilbert Heathcote, Henry Heathcote, Henry Heathcote, Hesther (Heathcote) Sloane and Elizabeth Heathcote
Died
at about age 81
in London, England
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Baronet Heathcote of the City of London 1733-1733 |
Succeeded by John Heathcote Bt (1689-1759) his son |
Biography
Gilbert Heathcote MP is Notable.
Born on 2 January 1651/52, Gilbert Heathcote was the eldest son of Gilbert Heathcote of Chesterfield in Derbyshire and his wife, Ann Dickens.[1][2] He and his six surviving younger brothers all became successful international traders, having each received £500 from their father to set themselves up in business.[3]
Gilbert Heathcote aged 30 of St Dunstan in the East in the City of London married Hester, daughter and heiress of London merchant Christopher Rayner, by licence dated 30 May 1682.[2][4]Together they had 5 sons and 5 daughters.[2]
He purchased Forest House at Low Leyton, Essex, as his family home.[5]
He succeeded his father in 1690.[2] He was first returned to Parliament as member for London in 1701 and was knighted on 29 October 1702. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1710/11. Sir Gilbert was created Baronet Heathcote of London on 17 January 1732/33[2] and died on the 25th.[2]
Sources
- ↑
Baptism:
"Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
Derbyshire Record Office; Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Diocese: Diocese of Derby
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61407 #2475063 (accessed 24 October 2021)
Gilbert Heathcote baptism on 8 Jan 1651, son of Gilbert, in Chesterfield, St Mary and All Saints, Derbyshire, England. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 History of Parliament online: HEATHCOTE, Sir Gilbert (1652-1733), of Low Leyton, Essex, and Normanton, Rutland
- ↑ Evelyn D. Heathcote, M.A., An Account of Some of the Families Bearing the Name of Heathcote which have Descended out of the County of Derby (Winchester: Warren and Son, 1899)
- ↑
Marriage:
"Britain, Marriage Licences"
Archive: Gould; Page: 663
FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 24 October 2021)
Gilbert Heathcote (30) marriage to Hester Rayner (23) in St Stephen Coleman Street, London, England. - ↑ Daniel Lysons, 'Leyton', in The Environs of London: Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent (London, 1796), page 164. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol4/pp158-182 [accessed 25 October 2021].
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Stephen Heathcote
Stephen Heathcote
He's very unlikely to have married at Normanton, Rutland, since he only bought the Normanton estate in 1729. The Faculty Office marriage licence states that he was living in 1682 in St Dunstan's in the East, London; his bride was living at Coleman Street, London.
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