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Justinian Heathcote Edwards-Heathcote (17 June 1843 – 21 January 1928) was a British

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politician and soldier. A member of the

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gentry, he was the maternal grandfather of the fascist leader

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. Heathcote was eldest son of Rev. Edward James Justinian Edwards and his wife, the former Elizabeth Anne Heathcote. His mother was the daughter and heiress of

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by his wife Lady Elizabeth Lindsay (daughter of the 6th Earl of Balcarres). Born in

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, where his father was the vicar, Heathcote was educated at

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before receiving a commission in the

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. From 1875, he was a captain in the

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. He was married to Eleanor Stone (1844–1927; daughter of Spencer Stone, Esq., of Callingwood Hall, near

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, who was painted by Val Prinsep), with whom he had three children. On 5 March 1870, he succeeded to his uncle's estate and thus assumed by royal licence the surname of Heathcote. Heathcote stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party in North West Staffordshire at the 1885 general election, but won the seat in

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. He retired in 1892 to his estate of Apedale Hall, near

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, Staffordshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards-Heathcote, Justinian 1840s births 1928 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Winchester College People from Trentham, Staffordshire Politicians from Staffordshire Staffordshire Yeomanry officers UK MPs 1886–1892 Military personnel from Stoke-on-Trent 19th-century British Army personnel

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