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)
- George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield
- Francis Augustus Eliott, [2nd Baron Heathfield]
Coat of arms
- Arms: Gules, on a bend or a baton azure on a chief of the last the fortress of Gibraltar winged with turrets between two pillars argent masoned sable, the gate of the castle of the last charged with a key of the second and below the same the words "Plus Ultra".
- Crest: A dexter arm holding a cutlass proper, the arm charged with a key.
- Supporters: Dexter, a ram; sinister, a goat; each wreathed with flowers round the neck.
- Motto: Fortiter et recte