Gilbert Heathcote | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Captain_Gilbert_Heathcote.jpg) Gilbert Heathcote in uniform, portrait by William Owen | |
| Born | 1779 |
| Died | 22 April 1831 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Service | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg){kind=small} Royal Navy |
| Rank | Post Captain |
| Commands | HMS Suffisante HMS Cyclops HMS Sir Edward Hughes HMS Scamander |
| Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Relations | Sir William Heathcote, 3rd Baronet (father) Henry Heathcote (brother) |
Gilbert Heathcote (1779 – 22 April 1831) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Heathcote was born into a gentry family in 1779, the youngest son of a baronet. He and a brother entered the navy, with Gilbert reaching officer rank during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was promoted to his first command early in the Napoleonic Wars, but his ship was wrecked in a gale. His career survived largely unscathed however, and he commanded several more ships, reaching the rank of post-captain during a period of service in the East Indies, before his health obliged him to return to Britain. He undertook a final spell of active service in the closing years of the Napoleonic Wars in command of a frigate, before retiring ashore, and dying in 1831.