John Heathcote (died 1795)
John Heathcote FRS (c.1727 – 29 July 1795) was a British Member of Parliament.
He was born the second son of Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet, of Normanton, Rutland, from whom he inherited estates at Steeple Gidding and Conington, South Cambridgeshire in 1759. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn (1744).
He became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 12 May 1768.[1]
He served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1767–68 and was the MP for Rutland from 29 June 1790 until his death.
References
- ↑ "Library Archive". Royal Society. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- "HEATHCOTE, John I (c.1727-95), of Luffenham, Rutland.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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Preceded by George Bridges Brudenell Gerard Edwardes |
Member of Parliament for Rutland 1790–1795 With: Gerard Edwardes |
Succeeded by Philip Sherard Gerard Edwardes |
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