Sir John Heathcoat Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet, DL (4 May 1829 – 26 May 1914), was a British businessman and

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politician. Born John Amory, he was the maternal grandson of

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, Member of Parliament for Tiverton, and assumed the additional surname of Heathcoat by Royal licence. He was a partner of J. Heathcoat & Co,

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manufacturers, and also represented Tiverton in the

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between 1868 and 1885. In 1874 he was created a

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, of Knightshayes Court in Tiverton in the County of Devon. In 1867 he commissioned the country house of

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under the design of

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. Heathcoat-Amory married Henrietta Mary Unwin in 1863. They had nine children (five sons and four daughters), of whom six reached adulthood.

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, was their grandson while

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is their great-grandson. Heathcoat-Amory died in May 1914, aged 85, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second but eldest surviving son Ian. Lady Heathcoat-Amory died in November 1923.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heathcoat-Amory, John, 1st Baronet 1829 births 1914 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy lieutenants of Devon Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885