Born: 1812 (prob­ab­ly No­vem­ber or De­cem­ber), Hurs­ley, Hamp­shire, Eng­land; christ­ened Jan­u­a­ry 14, 1813, St. Thom­as, Win­ches­ter.

Died: Au­gust 1862.

William was the son of Gil­bert Heath­cote (Rec­tor of Hurs­ley, Hamp­shire) and Ann Bea­don. He was ed­u­cat­ed at New Coll­ege, Ox­ford (BCL 1840). He was for a while Fel­low and Tu­tor at his col­lege; Rec­tor of Comp­ton Bass­ett; pre­cen­tor of Sal­is­bu­ry Ca­thed­ral; chap­lain to the Bi­shop of Sal­is­bu­ry; and Se­lect Preach­er at Ox­ford. His works in­clude:

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  1. O Father, Who Didst All Things Make