Richard Edensor Heathcote (1780–1850) was an English

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and politician. He was the son of Sir John Edensor Heathcote of Longton Hall, and the former Anne Gresley, daughter of Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet. Heathcote was elected the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in 1826 and at about the same time rebuilt Apedale Hall, near

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, in the

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style. He died in 1850 at

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, Italy. Heathcote married firstly, a cousin, Emma Gresley. He married secondly Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, eldest daughter of General

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. His grandson, Captain Justinian Edwards-Heathcote, was the father of Katharine Maud Edwards-Heathcote, mother of

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, the founder of the

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, who lived for a time at Apedale Hall.

References

* John Ward, ''The Borough of Stoke on Trent in the Commencement of the Reign of Queen Victoria'' (1848), p. 562
''The History of the County of Stafford, Volume 8'' (1963) p 224. The History of Longton from British History Online
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* 1780 births 1850 deaths English industrialists Tory MPs (pre-1834) UK MPs 1826–1830 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Coventry 19th-century English businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-1780s-stub