Lord Aveland
(1795-1867)

Volume 1, page 69, sitting number 479.

Born at Normanton Hall in Rutland on 16 January 1795, Gilbert John Heathcote was the eldest son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet, and his first wife Katherine Sophia Manners, fourth daughter of the politician John Manners. He was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

In 1820 he was elected to Parliament for Boston, a seat he held until 1830, and again from 1831 to 1832. He later represented Lincolnshire South from 1832 to 1841 and Rutland from 1841 to 1856. In 1851 he succeeded his father as baronet. In 1856 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Aveland of Aveland in the County of Lincoln. His residences were 12 Belgrave Square in London and Normaton Hall in Rutland.

On 8 October 1827 he married Clementina Elizabeth Drummond-Willoughby (1809-1888), eldest daughter of Lord Willoughby of Eresby. Their son became 24th Lord Willoughby of Eresby, and later, 1st Earl of Ancaster.

Lord Aveland died on 6 September 1867 at his London residence, 12 Belgrave Square. He left an estate valued at £400,000, a vast sum for the period.