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The Heygate Baronetcy, of Southend in the County of Essex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created on 30 September 1831 for William Heygate, Lord Mayor of London from 1822 to 1823 and member of parliament for Sudbury from 1818 to 1826. [2]

The second Baronet, Sir Frederick William Heygate married Marianne Gage, daughter and heiress of Conolly Gage, in 1851 and so acquired Bellarena House at Bellarena, County Londonderry. [3] [4] He represented the constituency of County Londonderry in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 1859 to 1874. The third Baronet, Sir Frederick Gage Heygate was Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, the Marquess of Londonderry, from 1887 to 1888.

The second son of the first baronet, William Unwin Heygate (1825–1902), was a Member of Parliament from 1861 to 1865 and from 1870 to 1880. [5]

The family seat was Bellarena House, near Magilligan, County Londonderry.

Heygate baronets, of Southend (1831)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Frederick Carysfort Gage Heygate (born 1988). [10]

Notes

  1. "No. 18851". The London Gazette . 16 September 1831. p. 1898.
  2. 1 2 "Heygate, William (1782-1844), of Chatham Place, Blackfriars, London; Holwood, Kent and Southend, Essex, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. Howard, J.J.; Crisp, F.A. (1973). Visitation of Ireland. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 207. ISBN   978-0-8063-0543-1.
  4. Portrait of Marianne Gage, Stephen Catterson Smith the Elder
  5. "Heygate, William Unwin" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. 1 2 3 Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 309–310.
  7. "Heygate, Sir Frederick Gage" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. "Heygate, Sir John (Edward Nourse)" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. "Heygate, Sir George Lloyd" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. 1 2 "Heygate, Sir Richard John Gage" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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