The Right Honourable
The Lord Heneage
PC DL JP
"Grimsby"
Heneage as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, December 1887
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
6 February 1886 – 16 April 1886
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byHenry Chaplin
Succeeded bySir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt
Personal details
Born(1840-03-29)29 March 1840
Died10 August 1922(1922-08-10) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Liberal Unionist
SpouseLady Eleanor Hare (d. 1924)

Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage, PC, DL, JP (29 March 1840 – 10 August 1922) was a British Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician. He was briefly Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under William Ewart Gladstone between February and April 1886,[1] when he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and joined the Liberal Unionists.

Background and education

Heneage was the eldest son of George Heneage, of Hainton Hall in Hainton, Lincolnshire, and Frances, daughter of Michael Tasburgh.[2] He was educated at Eton and served with the 1st Life Guards from 1857 to 1863.[1]

Political career

Heneage was elected Member of Parliament for Lincoln in 1865, a seat he held until 1868.[3][4] He remained out of parliament until 1880, when he was returned for Grimsby.[4][5] When the Liberals came to power under William Ewart Gladstone in February 1886, Heneage was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster[6] and vice-president of the Committee of Agriculture and sworn of the Privy Council.[7] However, he resigned these offices in April after disagreeing with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule. He joined the Liberal Unionist Party the same year.

Heneage lost his Grimsby seat at the 1892 general election, but was successfully returned for the same constituency in a by-election the following year.[8] He was Chairman of the Liberal Unionist Council from 1893 to 1898.[citation needed] In June 1896 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Heneage, of Hainton in the County of Lincoln.[9] He was a regular contributor in the House of Lords, making his last speech in June 1920 at the age of 80.[10]

Apart from his political career Heneage served as vice-chairman of Lindsey Quarter Sessions and as High Steward of Grimsby.[1] In 1881 he made a gift of land to the people of Grimsby which became People's Park. A plaque in the Park commemorates this gift.[11]

Family

Grave of Edward Heneage in the churchyard of St Mary’s church in Hainton

Lord Heneage married Lady Eleanor Cecilia, daughter of William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel, in 1864, the same year he succeeded to his family estates. They had three sons and six daughters. Two of their sons went on to inherit the Baron Heneage title.[1]

He died in August 1922, aged 82, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, George. Lady Heneage survived him by two years and died in September 1924.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d (Hesilrige 1921, p. 465)
  2. ^ Oxford dictionary of national biography. British Academy., Oxford University Press. (Online ed.). Oxford. 13 March 2024. ISBN 9780198614128. OCLC 56568095.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Lichfield and Tamworth to London and Westminster South". Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Gorbals to Guildford". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2009.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "No. 25557". The London Gazette. 9 February 1886. p. 614.
  7. ^ "No. 25557". The London Gazette. 9 February 1886. p. 613.
  8. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  9. ^ "No. 26747". The London Gazette. 9 June 1896. p. 3382.
  10. ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Heneage
  11. ^ People's Park, Grimsby, Parks & Gardens website
  12. ^ David Poole (18 June 2019). "Hainton hall". houseandheritage.org.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byCharles SeelyJohn Bramley-Moore Member of Parliament for Lincoln 1865–1868 With: Charles Seely Succeeded byCharles SeelyJohn Hinde Palmer Preceded byAlfred Watkin Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby 1880–1892 Succeeded byHenri Josse Preceded byGeorge Doughty Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby 1893–1895 Succeeded byThomas Wing Political offices Preceded byHenry Chaplin Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1886 Succeeded bySir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt Peerage of the United Kingdom New creation Baron Heneage 1896–1922 Succeeded byGeorge Heneage
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