Charles Gilbert Heathcote (2 March 1841 – 15 November 1913[1]) was an English barrister and tennis player.

He was a scholar and migrated to Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 20 June 1863, being awarded an MA in 1866.

[2] He is cited as one of the committee that formulated the rules of tennis in 1877 before the first Wimbledon Championships[3] although according to other sources the Heathcote concerned was his brother John Moyer Heathcote who was a representative of the MCC committee.

[4] In the inaugural 1877 Wimbledon Championship he reached the semi-final of the Men's singles when he was defeated by Spencer Gore and lost to William Marshall in the 3rd place play-off.

[6][2] Heathcote married Lucy Edith Wrottesley (1848 – 19 February 1918), daughter of Hon.