Richard Edensor Heathcote

Richard Edensor Heathcote (1780–1850) was a British industrialist. Born the son of Sir John Edensor Heathcote of Longton Hall. He was elected the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry in 1826 and rebuilt (in the Elizabethan style) Apedale Hall, near Newcastle, in Staffordshire, at about the same time. He died in Genova, Italy, in 1850. A descendant was Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists who lived for a time at Apedale Hall.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Ellice
Peter Moore
Member of Parliament for Coventry
1826–1830
With: Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler
Succeeded by
Edward Ellice
Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler


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