John Isaac Heard
MP
Member of Parliament
for Kinsale
In office
12 February 1852 – 7 May 1859
Preceded byBenjamin Hawes
Succeeded byJohn Arnott
Personal details
Born1787
Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Died1 September 1862(1862-09-01) (aged 74–75)
Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Political partyWhig
Spouse
Mary Wilkes
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(m. 1808)​
ParentJohn Heard
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge

John Isaac Heard MP (1787 – 1 September 1862)[1][2][3] was an Irish Whig politician.[4][5] He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1859.

Born in Kinsale, County Cork, Heard was the son of John Heard and Rachel, daughter of Isaac Servatt. He was admitted to Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1804, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1808.[6] He married Mary Wilkes, daughter of Hope Wilkes, in 1808, and they had six children: Joh Wilkes Heard (1811–1825); Robert Heard (born 1815); Martha Ann Heard (1809–1834); Catherine Jane Heard (born 1810); Mary Heard (born 1812); and, Eleanor (1814–1840).[2][3]

He later became a Justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant and, in 1839, High Sheriff of County Cork.[2][3]

He was elected Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Kinsale at a by-election in 1852—caused by the resignation of Benjamin Hawes—and held the seat until 1859, when he did not seek re-election.[2][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "K"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d "Heard, John Isaac". A Cambridge Alumni Database. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Howard, Joseph Jackson, ed. (1892). Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica: Volume IV. Second Series. London: Mitchell and Hughes. p. 213. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Ulster". Dublin Weekly Nation. 7 February 1852. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "General Election". Evening Mail. 9 February 1852. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ a b Boase, Frederic (2018). Modern English Biography (Volume 1 of 4) A–H. Litres. p. 1798. ISBN 9785041269647. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 290. ISBN 978-0901714121.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byBenjamin Hawes Member of Parliament for Kinsale 1852–1859 Succeeded byJohn Arnott uk Preceded byRichard White High Sheriff of County Cork 1839 Succeeded byJohn Capel Fitzgerald


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