Famous People with Name Heriot

Virginie Hériot            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Virginie Hériot: was a French yachtswoman who won in the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 8 Metre Aile VI.

Frederick George Heriot            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederick George Heriot: was a British army officer, who fought in the War of 1812 and subsequently became a landowner and administrator in Canada. After the war, he resigned from the army and instead became the Administrator for the settlement of discharged soldiers in the valley of the Saint-François River in Lower Canada, which would become Drummondville, Quebec. Heriot was named a Companion in the Order of the Bath in 1822. He was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly for the community in 1829 and 1830 and served as a member of the Special Council that governed Lower Canada after the Lower Canada Rebellion. He was also a Major General in the militia.