Lady Margaret Heathcote

Lady Margaret Heathcote
Born
Lady Margaret Yorke

(1733-03-21)21 March 1733
(possibly) Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England
Died19 August 1769(1769-08-19) (aged 36)
(possibly) Grosvenor Square, London, England
Resting placeChurch of St Mary the Virgin, Edith Weston, Rutland, England
OccupationPoet
Spouse
(m. 1749; died 1769)
FatherPhilip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

Lady Margaret Heathcote (née Yorke; 21 March 1733 – 19 August 1769) was a British aristocrat and poet. The daughter of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke and husband of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet, she wrote several poems throughout her life, some of which were posthumously published.