| Authorised form of name | Heathcote; George (1700 - 1768) |
| Dates | 1700 - 1768 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Jamaica, West Indies |
| Date of birth | 07 December 1700 |
| Date of death | 07 June 1768 |
| Occupation | Merchant |
| Activity | Education:
Middle Temple (admitted 1720)
Career:
MP for Hindon (1727-1734); MP for Southwark (1734-1741); MP for London (1741-1747); Director of the South Sea Company (1730-1733); Alderman of Walbrook Ward (1739-1749); Sheriff of London (1739-1740); Lord Mayor of London (1742); a strong opponent of the Hanoverian court, he supported the Young Pretender (1745) and was 'a principal manager' in a plot to restore the Stuarts with Prussian help (1752)
Memberships:
Salters' Company (Master 1737)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/01/1729 |
| Relationships | Son of Josiah Heathcote, West India Merchant, of St Swithin's Lane, London, and his wife, Catherine, widow of Thomas Barrett, Merchant, of Jamaica; married Maria, daughter of John Eyles, MP, of South Broom House, Wiltshire; nephew of Sir Gilbert Heathcote (FRS 1705); first cousin of Henry Heathcote (FRS 1720) |
| OtherInfo | The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of the Fishery) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public-private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of the national debt. To generate income, in 1713 the company was granted a monopoly (the Asiento) to supply enslaved Africans to the islands in the 'South Seas' and South America. Company stock rose greatly in value as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, and peaked in 1720 before suddenly collapsing to little above its original flotation price. The notorious economic bubble thus created, which ruined thousands of investors, became known as the South Sea Bubble. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; MT; GEC Baronetage
Notes:
Proposed by James Douglas; Sir Hans Sloane; William Sloane. Last on PL for 1768. |
| Code | NA7330 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CLP/15ii/3 | Paper, regarding a bladder stone found in a dog by George Heathcote | [1724] |