Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Heathcote ya kasance a cikin West Indies har zuwa Afrilu 1805, lokacin da ya dauki umurnin 36-gun kuma ya koma Birtaniya ya jagoranci wani jirgi na jirgi 101, bayan haka ya biya ta. An nada shi ya zama kwamandan Isle of Wight Sea Fencibles a ranar 21 ga Maris, 1807, kuma ya karbi umarninsa na gaba a cikin watan Fabrairun 1808, lokacin da ya karbi bindigogi 64. Ya yi tafiye-tafiye biyu zuwa Indiya, yana dauke da Gore Ouseley da Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi, jakadun tsakanin Farisa da Birtaniyya. Za su taimaka wajen shirya Heathcote na knighthood a 1819. Daga nan Heathcote ya tashi zuwa Gabashin Indiya a watan Yulin 1810 kuma ya yi aiki a kama Java
a shekara ta 1811. Hidimarsa a nan ba ta kasance ba tare da jayayya ba, kuma a ranar 30 ga Agusta 1811 an yi masa shari'ar kotun soji ba saboda keta doka ta 27 na yaƙi, saboda rashin biyayya ga umarni, da kuma watsi da aiki.