Justinian Edwards-Heathcote
Captain Justinian Heathcote Edwards-Heathcote (c. 1843 – 21 January 1928) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician. A member of the Staffordshire gentry, he was the maternal grandfather of fascist leader Oswald Mosley.[1]
Edwards-Heathcote was eldest son of Rev. Edward James Justinian Edwards and his wife, the former Elizabeth Anne Heathcote.[2] His mother was the daughter and heiress of Richard Edensor Heathcote by his wife Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, daughter of Gen. Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres.[3] Born in Trentham, Staffordshire, where his father was the vicar, Edwards-Heathcote was educated at Winchester College before receiving a commission in the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot. From 1875, he served as a captain in the Staffordshire Yeomanry. He was married to Eleanor Stone (1844–1927), who was painted by Val Prinsep, with whom he had three children.[4]
He stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party in North West Staffordshire at the 1885 UK general election, but won the seat in 1886. He retired in 1892 to his estate of Apedale Hall, near Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.[5]
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References
- ^ Skidelsky, Robert (1975). Oswald Mosley. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-03-086580-0.
- ^ Walford, Edward (1919). The county families of the United Kingdom. London: R. Hardwicke.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. p. 954. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ Howard, Joseph (1893). Visitation of England and Wales. London: Family History Library.
- ^ Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1978). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. II. Hassocks: Harvester Press. p. 108. ISBN 0-391-00613-4.
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