The Heathcoat-Amory Baronetcy, of Knightshayes Court in Tiverton in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 March 1874 for the businessman and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician John Heathcoat-Amory

Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet

Sir John Heathcoat Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet , was a British businessman and Liberal politician.Born John Amory, he was the maternal grandson of John Heathcoat, Member of Parliament for Tiverton, and assumed the additional surname of Heathcoat by Royal license. He was a partner of J...

. Born John Amory, he was the maternal grandson of John Heathcoat

John Heathcoat

John Heathcoat was an English inventor.Heathcoat was born at Duffield near Derby. During his apprenticeship to a frame-smith near Loughborough, he made an improvement in the construction of the warp-loom, so as to produce mitts of a lace-like appearance by means of it...

 and had assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Amory. The title descended from father to son until the death of his grandson, the third Baronet, in 1972. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baronet. He was a Conservative

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 politician. In 1960, twelve years before he succeeded in the baronetcy, he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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 as Viscount Amory, of Tiverton in the County of Devon. Lord Amory was unmarried and on his death in 1981 the viscountcy became extinct. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, William, the fifth Baronet. As of 2007 the title is held by the latter's eldest son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1982.

Roderick Heathcoat-Amory (1907-1998), youngest son of the second Baronet, was a Brigadier

Brigadier

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 in the Army and was awarded the MC

Military Cross

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. His sons are the Conservative politician David Heathcoat-Amory

David Heathcoat-Amory

David Philip Heathcoat-Amory is a British politician, accountant and farmer. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wells from 1983 until he lost his seat in the 2010 general election.-Education and professional life:...

, and the leading political columnist of the Daily Mail

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, Edward Heathcoat Amory.

The family seat was Knightshayes Court

Knightshayes Court

Knightshayes Court is a Victorian country house in Tiverton, Devon, England, designed by William Burges for the Heathcoat-Amory family. Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "an eloquent expression of High Victorian ideals in a country house of moderate size." The house is Grade I listed as of 12 May...

, Tiverton, Devon

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Heathcoat-Amory Baronets, of Knightshayes Court (1874)

• Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Heathcoat Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet , was a British businessman and Liberal politician.Born John Amory, he was the maternal grandson of John Heathcoat, Member of Parliament for Tiverton, and assumed the additional surname of Heathcoat by Royal license. He was a partner of J...
  
   (1829-1914)
• Sir Ian Murray Heathcoat-Amory, 2nd Baronet (1865-1931)
• Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Baronet (1894-1972)
• Sir Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 4th Baronet
  Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory
  Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1958 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 to 1981.-Background and education:...
  
   (1899-1981) (had been created Viscount Amory in 1960)

Heathcoat-Amory Baronets, of Knightshayes Court (1874; Reverted)

• Sir William Heathcoat-Amory, 5th Baronet (1901-1982)
• Sir Ian Heathcoat-Amory, 6th Baronet (b. 1942)