Paternal Family Tree: William Heathcote 5th Baronet
On 17th May 1801 William Heathcote 5th Baronet was born to Reverend William Heathcote [aged 29].
On 29th March 1802 [his father] Reverend William Heathcote [aged 30] died.
On 21st February 1825 [his uncle] Thomas Heathcote 4th Baronet [aged 55] died. His succeeded nephew William [aged 23] succeeded 5th Baronet Heathcote of Hursley in Hampshire.
On 8th November 1825 William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 24] and Caroline Frances Perceval Lady Heathcote were married. Caroline Frances Perceval Lady Heathcote by marriage Lady Heathcote of Hursley in Hampshire.
In 1826 William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 24] was elected MP Hampshire which seat he held until 1831.
On 7th September 1826 [his son] William Perceval Heathcote 6th Baronet was born to William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 25] and [his wife] Caroline Frances Perceval Lady Heathcote.
On 24th July 1828 [his son] George Parker Heathcote was born to William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 27] and [his wife] Caroline Frances Perceval Lady Heathcote. He married 15th June 1869 his half second cousin Isabella Mararetta Elizabeth Walpole.
On 12th July 1830 [his son] Reverend Gilbert Vyvyan Heathcote was born to William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 29] and [his wife] Caroline Frances Perceval Lady Heathcote. He married (1) 29th March 1853 his second cousin Eliza Heathcote (2) 14th November 1865 Helen Maxwell Cunningham and had issue (3) 20th November 1883 his first cousin once removed Mary Henrietta Perceval and had issue.
On 3rd March 1835 [his wife] Caroline Frances Perceval Lady Heathcote died.
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In 1837 William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 35] was elected MP North Hampshire which seat he held until 1849.
On 18th May 1841 William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 40] and Selina Shirley Lady Heathcote were married. Selina Shirley Lady Heathcote by marriage Lady Heathcote of Hursley in Hampshire.
On 29th March 1853 [his son] Reverend Gilbert Vyvyan Heathcote [aged 22] and [his daughter-in-law] Eliza Heathcote were married. They were second cousins.
In 1854 William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 52] was elected MP Oxford University which seat he held until 1868.
On 14th November 1865 [his son] Reverend Gilbert Vyvyan Heathcote [aged 35] and [his daughter-in-law] Helen Maxwell Cunningham were married.
On 15th June 1869 [his son] George Parker Heathcote [aged 40] and [his daughter-in-law] Isabella Mararetta Elizabeth Walpole were married. They were half second cousins.
1870. George Richmond [aged 60]. Portrait of William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 68].
On 15th February 1871 [his son] George Parker Heathcote [aged 42] died without issue.
On 17th August 1881 William Heathcote 5th Baronet [aged 80] died. His succeeded son William Perceval Heathcote 6th Baronet [aged 54] succeeded 6th Baronet Heathcote of Hursley in Hampshire.
On 17th July 1901 [his former wife] Selina Shirley Lady Heathcote died.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Heathcote
Great x 3 Grandfather: Samuel Heathcote
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ann Dickens
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Heathcote 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Heathcote 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Parker
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Parker 1st Earl Macclesfield
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Parker Lady Heathcote
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Charles Carrier
Great x 3 Grandmother: Janet Carrier Countess Macclesfield
GrandFather: William Heathcote 3rd Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hinton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hinton
Father: Reverend William Heathcote
GrandMother: Frances Thorpe Lady Heathcote