Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet

Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet (15 March 1693 – 10 May 1751), of Hursley, Hampshire, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1741.

Between the years of 1721 and 1724 William built a red brick, Queen Anne style mansion now known as Hursley House on the site of a hunting lodge.

[1] Heathcote married Elizabeth, only daughter of Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, in 1720.

The Hackney church records that "Lady Ann Drake, [was] buried Nov. 5, 1768."

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