Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby

Lieutenant-Colonel Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
Member of Parliament for Stamford
In office 1910–1918
Preceded by	Lord John Joicey-Cecil
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Rutland and Stamford
In office 1918–1922
Preceded by	new constituency
Succeeded by	Charles Harvey Dixon
Personal details
Born	(1872-10-15)15 October 1872
Died	24 February 1950(1950-02-24) (aged 77)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Lady Florence Conyngham ​ ​ (m. 1905; died 1946)​
Parents	Gilbert Heathcote (father) Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon (mother)
Relatives	Charles Gordon (maternal grandfather) Gilbert Heathcote (brother) George Conyngham (father-in-law)
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1891-1902
Rank	Captain
Unit	Coldstream Guards
Battles / wars	Second Boer War Battle of Belmont Battle of Poplar Grove Battle of Driefontein Battle of Diamond Hill Battle of Bergendal

Lieutenant-Colonel Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (15 October 1872 – 24 February 1950) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Career

Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby was the second son of Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster, and his wife Lady Evelyn Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly. Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster, was his elder brother.

He was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards as a second lieutenant on 5 December 1891, was promoted to a lieutenant on 27 January 1897, and to captain on 20 March 1900.

He served in South Africa through the Second Boer War 1899–1902; where he was slightly wounded at the Belmont (November 1899). After recovery, he took part in operations in the Orange Free State (February to May 1900), the Transvaal (May to June 1900, July to November 1900) and Cape Colony; and was present at several major battles, including at Poplar Grove and Driefontein (March 1900), Vet River, Zand River, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (June 1900), Bergendal and Komatipoort (August 1900).^[1] Following the end of the war, he returned to the United Kingdom in August 1902.^[2]

Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby entered Parliament for Stamford in the January 1910 general election, a seat he held until 1918 when the constituency was abolished, and then represented Rutland and Stamford from 1918 to 1922.

Family

Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby married Lady Florence Conyngham, daughter of George Conyngham, 3rd Marquess Conyngham, and widow of Bertram Frankland-Russell-Astley, in 1905. She died in January 1946. Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby survived her by four years and died in February 1950, aged 77.

References

1. Hart's Army list, 1903
2. "The War - Return of Troops". The Times. No. 36842. London. 9 August 1902. p. 11.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• www.thepeerage.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Lord John Joicey-Cecil	Member of Parliament for Stamford Jan. 1910–1918	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Rutland and Stamford 1918–1922	Succeeded by Charles Harvey Dixon