Richard Edensor Heathcote
- 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 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.
References
* "The Borough of Stoke on Trent in the Commencement of the Reign of Queen Victoria" John Ward (1848) p 562 (Google Books)
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53377 "The History of the County of Stafford, Volume 8" (1963) p 224. The History of Longton from British History Online]
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