Justinian Edwards-Heathcote
Captain Justinian Heathcote Edwards-Heathcote JP DL MP (17 June 1843 – 21 January 1928) was a British Conservative politician and soldier. A member of the Staffordshire gentry, he was the maternal grandfather of the fascist leader Oswald Mosley.[1]
Heathcote was eldest son of Rev. Edward James Justinian Edwards and his wife, the former Elizabeth Anne Heathcote.[2] His mother was the daughter and heiress of Richard Edensor Heathcote by his wife Lady Elizabeth Lindsay (daughter of the 6th Earl of Balcarres).[3] Born in Trentham, Staffordshire, where his father was the vicar, Heathcote was educated at Winchester College before receiving a commission in the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot. From 1875, he was a captain in the Staffordshire Yeomanry.
He was married to Eleanor Stone (1844–1927; daughter of Spencer Stone, Esq., of Callingwood Hall, near Burton upon Trent, who was painted by Val Prinsep), with whom he had three children.[4] On 5 March 1870, he succeeded to his uncle's estate and thus assumed by royal licence the surname of Heathcote.[5]
Heathcote stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party in North West Staffordshire at the 1885 general election, but won the seat in 1886.[6] He retired in 1892 to his estate of Apedale Hall, near Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.[7]
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[edit]- ^ Skidelsky, Robert (1975). Oswald Mosley. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-03-086580-0.
- ^ Walford, Edward (1919). The county families of the United Kingdom. London: R. Hardwicke.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 954. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ Howard, Joseph (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. London: Family History Library.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard (1921). "Edwards-Heathcote of Apedale Hall". A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain. Burke Publishing Company. p. 873 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Justinian Edwards-Heathcote". Members of Parliament after 1832.
- ^ Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1978). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. II. Hassocks: Harvester Press. p. 108. ISBN 0-391-00613-4.