John Edensor Heathcote

Sir John Edensor Heathcote
Born1757 (1757)
Longton Hall
Died1822 (aged 64–65)
Occupationindustrialist

Sir John Edensor Heathcote (c.1757 – 1822) was an English industrialist, operating in Stoke-on-Trent, and owner of Longton Hall in Longton, Staffordshire, which he rebuilt in 1778.

He was born in Longton Hall as the son of Rachel Edensor and Michael Heathcote, a nephew of Lancashire colliery owner John Heathcote.

In 1780, he married Anne Gresley (1755–1797) in Knypersley, Staffs, the daughter of Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet of Drakelow and Elizabeth Wynne.

He was knighted in 1784, the year in which he served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire.

He died in 1822, his estate passing to his son Richard Edensor Heathcote MP.

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  1. ↑ "Nat Gould, his life and books". natgould.org. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "The Heathcote family had long been established in Buxton [in Derbyshire], and were major landowners there in the seventeenth century, having formerly been the tenants of the Earls and Dukes of Newcastle who owned extensive property then in Buxton. During the English Civil Wars the Duke of Newcastle had fought on the king’s side, and his properties were sequestrated. His widow, the redoubtable Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle tried for many years to recover them, but eventually she lost her battle. The Heathcote family were adjudged to have bought their Buxton estate entirely legally, albeit from the Parliamentarians who had confiscated them."