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    John Heathcoat (7 August 1783 – 18 January 1861) was an English inventor from Duffield, Derbyshire. During his apprenticeship he made an improvement to...
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    Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory, KG, GCMG, TD, PC, DL, OD (/ˈeɪməri/ AY-mər-ee; 26 December 1899 – 20 January 1981) was a British Conservative...
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    March 1874 for John Heathcoat-Amory, a businessman and Liberal politician. Born as John Amory, he was the maternal grandson of John Heathcoat and assumed...
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  • John Heathcoat-Amory may refer to: Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet, British businessman and politician Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Baronet, English...
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    Sir John Heathcoat Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet, DL (4 May 1829 – 26 May 1914), was a British businessman and Liberal politician. Born John Amory, he...
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  • Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 3rd Baronet (2 May 1894 – 22 November 1972) was an English cricketer. Heathcoat-Amory was a right-handed batsman who bowled...
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    great-grandson, Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet, sold the Knightshayes estate to Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet in 1868. The Heathcoat-Amory family, who...
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    in the United Kingdom since the invention of the bobbinet machine. John Heathcoat coined the term "bobbin net", or bobbinet as it is spelled today, to...
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    widened. In May 1738, riots broke out in the town. The industrialist John Heathcoat bought an old woollen mill on the river Exe in 1815, and after the destruction...
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    five consecutive years (1920–24). She married Sir John Heathcoat-Amory in 1937, and became Lady Heathcoat-Amory. Her play and swing were greatly admired...
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