Sir Gilbert Redvers Heathcote Bart. was born on 25 December 1854. He joined the 90th Regiment of the Perthshire Light Infantry in 1875 (the 90th amalgamated with the 26th Cameronian Regiment in 1881 to form The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)), acheiving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and participating in the British military campaigns against the Kaffirs and Zulus in Africa. In 1891, Heathcote married his first wife, Pauline, and the following year he retired. Sadly, his wife died in 1897. He re-married, to Mabel, in 1901. During retirement, he held the office of JP in Hampshire, and was High Sheriff of the county in 1927. He died on 6 November 1937.
From the guide to the Gilbert Redvers Heathcote Papers, 1878-1941, (Aberystwyth University)
