Samuel Heathcote (11 February 1699 – 1775) of Hanover Square, London was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1740 to 1747.

Heathcote was the fourth son of Samuel Heathcote of Hackney. His elder brother was Sir William Heathcote. He married Elizabeth Holworthy, daughter of Matthew Holworthy of Hackney on 3 May 1720. She died on. 6 May 1726 and he married as his second wife Frances, a French lady, in about 1729. Heathcote was brought in as

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for

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by his sister Anne, the widow of

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, the late Member, at a by-election on 22 February 1740. At the

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, Heathcote was returned unopposed for Bere Alston. He steadily supported the Administration. At the

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he was replaced by his nephew,

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, who had come of age by then. He did not stand again. Heathcote died on 31 March 1775 leaving four sons and three daughters by his second wife.

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