HEATHFIELD, GEORGE AUGUSTUS ELIOTT, BARON (I 717-179o), British general, a younger son of Sir Gilbert Eliott, Bart., of Stobs, Roxburghshire, was born on Dec. 25, 1717. As a volunteer he fought with the Prussian army in 1735 and i 736, and then entered the Grenadier Guards. He went through the War of the Austrian Succession, and was wounded at Dettin gen. In 1775 he was selected to be governor of Gibraltar (q.v.), and his magnificent defence in the great siege of 1779 made his name famous. In 1787 he was created Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, and died on July 6, 179o.