See also:SIR See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
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
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
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
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
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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