Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland

Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland (16 January 1795 – 6 September 1867), known as Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th Baronet, from 1851 to 1856, was a British Whig Member of Parliament.

Aveland was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet, and Katherine Sophia Manners, daughter of John Manners. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1820 Aveland 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. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Aveland, of Aveland in the County of Lincoln. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire from 1862 to 1867.

Lord Aveland married Clementina Elizabeth Drummond-Willoughby, 24th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, daughter of Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, in 1827. He died in September 1867, aged 72, and was succeeded by his son Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby. He also succeeded his mother in the barony of Willoughby de Eresby in 1888 and was created Earl of Ancaster in 1892.

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Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
www.thepeerage.com

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Alexander Madocks and Peter Drummond-Burrell	Member of Parliament for Boston with Henry Ellis 1820–1821 William Augustus Johnson 1821–1826 Neil Malcolm 1826–1830 1820–1830	Succeeded by Neil Malcolm and John Wilks
Preceded by John Wilks and Neil Malcolm	Member of Parliament for Boston with John Wilks 1831–1832	Succeeded by John Wilks and Benjamin Handley
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire South with Henry Handley 1832–1841	Succeeded by Christopher Turnor and John Trollope
Preceded by Sir Gilbert Heathcote and Charles George Noel	Member of Parliament for Rutland with William Henry Dawnay 1841–1846 George Finch 1846–1847 Gerard James Noel 1847–1856 1841–1856	Succeeded by Gerard James Noel and Gilbert Henry Heathcote
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Yarborough	Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire 1862–1867	Succeeded by The Earl Brownlow
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Gilbert Heathcote	Baronet (of London) 1851–1867	Succeeded by Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by new creation	Baron Aveland 1856–1867	Succeeded by Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby