William Emerton Heitland

Heitland's father, Arthur Allan Heitland^{[note 1]}, youngest child of Major William Peter Heitland of the Madras Pioneers, was a farmer and his mother, Mary Browne of Colkirk House^{[note 2]}, Lady of Nowers Manor in Hindringham, was the daughter of Riches Repps Browne (1791-1823) more commonly known as Repps Browne,^{[7][note 3]} a Norfolk gentleman by his wife Mary Jex^{[note 4]} (1800-1839) of Fulmodeston in Norfolk. Heitland was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1867, a Craven scholar, 1869, B.A (Senior Classic^{[note 5]}), 1871, M.A, 1874, Fellow, 1871-1935 and Tutor, 1883-93.^[9] He married Margaret Bateson at Marylebone in 1901, she was the daughter of William Henry Bateson, master of St John's College in 1901; she lived between 1860 and 1938.

He is buried in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge. with his wife Margaret Heitland, a journalist and stalwart of the suffragette movement.

At the time of his death, his estate was valued at £26519 4s. 4d. One third of the residue of Heitland estate help establishing a fund named after him.

• A Letter to a Lady; or, A Word with the Female Anti-Suffragists. Cambridge: Elijah Johnson, 1908.
• The Roman Republic, 3 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1909.
• A Short History of the Roman Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1911.
• “Democratic”: a Discursive Study. Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1915.
• If We Win: a Search for a Path to Stable Peace. Cambridge: Elijah Johnson, 1915.
• Agricola: a Study of Agriculture and Rustic Life in the Greco-Roman World from the Point of View of Labour. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1921.
• The Roman Fate: an Essay in Interpretation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922.
• Iterum; or, A Further Discussion of the Roman Fate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925.
• After Many Years: a Tale of Experiences and Impressions Gathered in the Course of an Obscure Life. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1926.
• Last Words on the Roman Municipalities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1928.
• Repetita: an Unwilling Restatement of Views on the Subject of the Roman Municipalities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930.

British engraver John Browne (1742-1801).

American born illustrator and watercolor artist Wilmot Emerton Heitland, N.A. (1893-1969) was his nephew, some of his paintings are on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum and the Philadelphia Museum School of Art.

The Heitland Fund,^[10] capital and income at the disposal of the Fitzwilliam Museum.