Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet (died 2 November 1785) of Normanton Park, Rutland was a British Member of Parliament. Heathcote was the son of

Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet (1689 – 6 September 1759) of Normanton Hall, Normanton Park, Rutland was a British merchant and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons in two periods between 1715 and 1741. He ...

, and Bridget, daughter of Thomas White and was educated at

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, and was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. Its buildings span the R ...

. He succeeded to the baronetcy and to Normanton Park on his father's death in 1759. In 1761, he was elected to the

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for

Shaftesbury Shaftesbury () is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, Salisbury and north-northeast of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hi ...

, a seat he held until 1768. Heathcote married firstly Lady Margaret, daughter of

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, (1 December 16906 March 1764) was an England, English lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a close confidant of the Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister between 1 ...

, in 1749. After his first wife's death in 1769, he married secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson, in 1770. He died in November 1785 and was succeeded by his son from his second marriage, Gilbert.

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