Robert Boothby Heathcote

Reverend Robert Boothby Heathcote (13 May 1805 – 19 September 1865) was a Church of England clergyman, who built Friday Hill House and other buildings in Chingford.

He was the second son of the politician John Heathcote and his wife Mary Anne Thornhill.

[4] Heathcote was rector of All Saints, Chingford, and was concerned about the poor condition of the church.

From 1840 to 1844, he had a new church built, St Peter and St Paul, Chingford, on Chingford Green, built for £5,000 of his own money, and designed by Lewis Vulliamy.

[5] In 1837 he married Charlotte Sotheby (d. 15 January 1845), the daughter of Admiral Thomas Sotheby and Lady Mary Anne Bourke, and they had three children: On 10 October 1848, he married Elizabeth Bridget Wells (d. 1894), the daughter of Captain William Wells, and they had four children: Robert Boothby Heathcote died on 19 September 1865.