John Heathcote

John Heathcote (14 November 1767 – 3 May 1838) was a British politician, MP for Gatton from 1796 to 1798, and for Ripon from 1798 to 1806.

Biography He was the son of John Heathcote (died 1795) and Lydia Moyer, and the grandson of Sir John Heathcote, 2nd Baronet (1689–1759), MP for Grantham and Bodmin. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.

He was MP for Gatton from 1796 to 1798, and for Ripon from 1798 to 1806 and appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1809–10. They lived at Conington Castle, Huntingdonshire, and had five children:

Mary Ann Heathcote died on 27 July 1854 in St George's Hanover Square London and was buried on 2 August 1854 at All Saints church Conington Huntingdonshire. Another wall tablet in the south transept of Conington church is inscribed: "In memory of Mary Anne Heathcote relict of John Heathcote Esq. She died July 1854 aged 72 years. This tablet is erected by her son John Moyer Heathcote as a tribute of affection and esteem. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour Jesus Christ."