Baron Heathfield


Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created on 6 July 1787 for General Sir [George Augustus Eliott] in recognition of his defence of Gibraltar during the Great [Siege of Gibraltar|Franco-Spanish Siege] of 1779 to 1783. He was the tenth but eighth surviving son of Sir Gilbert Eliott, 3rd Baronet, of Stobs. The title became extinct on the death of his only son, the childless second Baron, in 1813.

Barons Heathfield (1787)

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