William Unwin Heygate

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William Unwin Heygate (12 March 1825 - 2 March 1902) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and Leicestershire politician.

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Biography

Heygate was born on 12 March 1825, the second son of Sir William Heygate, 1st Baronet (1782-1844), Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London. [1] He was educated at Eton College and Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded a B. A. in 1847 and an M. A. in 1850. [2] He became a pupil at Lincoln's Inn on 6 November 1846 and was called to the bar on 19 November 1850. [1]

After unsuccessfully contesting Bridport in 1857, Heygate entered the Parliament for the Conservative Party from Leicester in 1861, but was defeated in the 1865 General election. He returned briefly as a member from Stamford in a by-election in 1868 (the constituency was abolished later the same year), and was again elected for South Leicestershire in 1870, serving until he stepped down in 1880. [3]

Heygate was a prominent politician in Leicestershire. He was an Alderman of Leicestershire County Council, a Justice of the peace and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. In business, he was Chairman of Pare′s Leicestershire Banking Company, a director of the Midland Railway, and of the Canada Company. [3]

Heygate died at the Hotel Burlington, in Dover, 2 March 1902. [3]

Family

Heygate married, Constance Mary Beaumont, daughter of Sir George Beaumont 8th baronet, on 6 July 1852. [4] The couple had four children: [5]

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References

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  2. Foster, Joseph (1888). "Heygate, William Unwin"  . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Vol. 2. Oxford: Parker. p. 654 via Wikisource.
  3. 1 2 3 "Obituary - William Unwin Heygate". The Times. No. 36706. London. 4 March 1902. p. 8.
  4. Foster, Joseph (1883). The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of the British Empire : for 1882. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 310.
  5. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. 2 (107th ed.). Wilmington. p. 1898.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. "Lifestory: WILLIAM HOWLEY BEAUMONT HEYGATE". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  7. "Deaths". The Times. No. 36970. London. 6 January 1903. p. 1.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Leicester
1861–1865
With: John Biggs 1861–1862
Peter Alfred Taylor 1862–1865
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for South Leicestershire
1870–1880
With: Albert Pell 1870–1880
Succeeded by