The Lord Heathfield
Lord Heathfield on horseback
Born31 December 1750
Died26 January 1813
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankGeneral

General Francis Augustus Eliott, 2nd Baron Heathfield (31 December 1750 – 26 January 1813) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Heathfield was a soldier who served as lieutenant-colonel of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons.[1] He largely demolished Nutwell, the family home, and built in its place a neo-classical house faced with tiles imitating Portland stone, an undertaking which he completed c.1800.[2]

He was colonel of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards from 1810 until his death in 1813[3] and served as a lord of the bedchamber under George IV from 1812 until his death.[4] He did not marry, had no children and the barony became extinct when he died.[5] Heathfield's library was sold at auction by Leigh & Sotheby in London on 17 March 1814 (and five following days).[6]

References

  1. ^ Brydges, Sir Egerton (1812). Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. Vol. 8. Arthur Collins. p. 125.
  2. ^ Swete, p.149
  3. ^ "1st King's Dragoon Guards". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Aspinall, Arthur (1938). "The Letters of King George IV". Cambridge University Press. p. 262.
  5. ^ Burke, John-Bernard (1846). "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland". Henry Colburn. p. 189.
  6. ^ A copy of the catalogue is at Cambridge University Library (shelfmark Munby.c.162(9)).

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Military offices Preceded bySir William Pitt Colonel of the 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards 1810–1813 Succeeded bySir David Dundas Peerage of Great Britain Preceded byGeorge Augustus Eliott Baron Heathfield 1790–1813 Extinct
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