General Francis Augustus Eliott, 2nd Baron Heathfield (31 December 1750 – 26 January 1813) was a senior British Army officer.
The Lord Heathfield | |
|---|---|
 Lord Heathfield on horseback | |
| Born | 31 December 1750 |
| Died | 26 January 1813 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Rank | General |
Military career
editHeathfield 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
edit- ^ Brydges, Sir Egerton (1812). Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. Vol. 8. Arthur Collins. p. 125.
- ^ Swete, p.149
- ^ "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) - ^ Aspinall, Arthur (1938). "The Letters of King George IV". Cambridge University Press. p. 262.
- ^ Burke, John-Bernard (1846). "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland". Henry Colburn. p. 189.
- ^ A copy of the catalogue is at Cambridge University Library (shelfmark Munby.c.162(9)).
Sources
edit- Gray, Todd & Rowe, Margery (Eds.), Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend John Swete, 1789–1800, 4 vols., Tiverton, 1999