Samuel Heathcote (11 February 1699 – 1775) of Hanover Square, London was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1740 to 1747.

Heathcote was the fourth son of Samuel Heathcote of Hackney. His elder brother was Sir William Heathcote. He married Elizabeth Holworthy, daughter of Matthew Holworthy of Hackney on 3 May 1720. She died on. 6 May 1726 and he married as his second wife Frances, a French lady, in about 1729. Heathcote was brought in as Member of Parliament for Bere Alston by his sister Anne, the widow of Sir Francis Drake, 4th Baronet, the late Member, at a by-election on 22 February 1740. At the

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, Heathcote was returned unopposed for Bere Alston. He steadily supported the Administration. At the

1747 British general election The 1747 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Hen ...

he was replaced by his nephew,

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, who had come of age by then. He did not stand again. Heathcote died on 31 March 1775 leaving four sons and three daughters by his second wife.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heathcote, Samuel 1699 births 1775 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Bere Alston British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747