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SIR GILBERT HEATHCOTE (c. 1651-1733)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 159 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:GILBERT See also:HEATHCOTE (c. 1651-1733)  , See also:lord See also:mayor of See also:London, belonged to an old See also:Derbyshire See also:family and was educated at See also:Christ's See also:College, See also:Cambridge, afterwards becoming a See also:merchant in London . His trading ventures were very successful; he was one of the promoters of the new See also:East See also:India See also:company and he emerged victorious from a contest between himself and the old East India company in 1693; he was also one of the founders and first See also:directors of the See also:bank of See also:England . In 1702 he became an See also:alderman of the See also:city of London and was knighted; he served as lord mayor in 1711, being the last lord mayor to ride on See also:horse-back in his procession . In 1700 See also:Heathcote was sent to See also:parliament as member for the city of London, but he was soon expelled for his See also:share in the circulation of some See also:exchequer bills; however, he was again elected for the city later in the same See also:year, and he retained his seat until 1710 . In 1714 he was member for See also:Helston, in 1722 for New See also:Lymington, and in 1727 for St Germans . He was a consistent Whig, and was made a See also:baronet eight days before his See also:death . Although extremely See also:rich, Heathcote's meanness is referred to by See also:Pope; and it was this trait that accounts largely for his unpopularity with the See also:lower classes . He died in London on the 25th of See also:January 1733 and was buried at See also:Normanton, See also:Rutland, a See also:residence which he had See also:purchased from the Mackworths . A descendant, See also:Sir See also:Gilbert See also:John Heathcote, See also:Bart . (1795-1867), was created See also:Baron Aveland in 1856; and his son Gilbert See also:Henry, who in 1888 inherited from his See also:mother the See also:barony of See also:Willoughby de Eresby, became 1st See also:earl of Ancaster in 1892 .

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