Brigadier General Charles Edensor Heathcote, CB, CMG, DSO (8 April 1875 – 6 September 1947) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War.

Two years later, he was in January 1900 appointed to a staff position as Superintendent of Gymnasia at Malta,[2] and promoted the rank of captain on 23 April 1900.

He served with the Royal West African Frontier Force, between 1904 and 1909, took part in the Onitsha Hinterland Expedition, between 1904 and 1905, and further operations in the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.

Upon his return to the Front in early 1917, Heathcote was appointed to command the 7th Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, and fought with it throughout the Battle of Arras.

From then until the end of hostilities in November 1918, the brigade was constantly in action, participating in the Second Battle of the Somme and the attack on the Hindenburg Line, east of Ronssoy and Templeux-le-Guérard, in addition to the fighting which resulted in the re-occupation of the Aubers Ridge and Lille, and the fall of Tournai.