George Fieschi Heneage (22 November 1800 – 11 May 1864)
was a British
Whig and later
Conservative Party
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politician.
Background
Heneage was the son of George Robert Heneage of
Hainton Hall, Lincolnshire and Frances Anne, daughter of Lieutenant-General George Ainslie. His middle name derived from his descent from Roboaldo Fieschi, Conte di
Lavagna
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. He was educated at
Eton College
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(1817) and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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(1818) and succeeded his father to the Hainton estate in 1833.
Political career
Heneage was elected at the
1826 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for
Great Grimsby
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,
but when he stood for re-election in
1830
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he was defeated by the
Tory
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candidate
George Harris.
At the
1831 general election Heneage was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for
Lincoln
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.
[Stooks Smith, page 187] He was re-elected in
1832
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison founds the New-England Anti-Slavery Society.
* January 13 – The Christmas Rebellion of slaves is brought to an end in Jamaica, after the island's white plan ...
,
but did not contest the seat at the
1835 general election.
He did not stand for Parliament again until the
1852 general election, when he was returned as an MP for Lincoln, this time as a
Conservative
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.
He was re-elected as a
Liberal
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in
1857
Events January–March
* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
* Janua ...
and in
1859
Events
January–March
* January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.
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, but
resigned his seat in January 1862 (by taking the
Chiltern Hundreds
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) in order to contest a by-election in
Great Grimsby
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.
He was defeated in Grimsby by 446 votes to 458,
[Craig, page 135] and lodged an
election petition
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against the result. The petition was dismissed, and he did not stand again.
He also served as
High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
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in 1839
Family
Heneage married Frances, daughter of Michael Tasburgh, in 1833. Their son
Edward
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was also a politician and was elevated to the peerage as
Baron Heneage
Baron Heneage, of Hainton in the County of Lincoln, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 June 1896 for Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage, Edward Heneage. He was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under William E ...
in 1896. Frances died in 1842. Heneage remained a widower until his death in May 1864, aged 63.
References
External links
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1800 births
1864 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire
Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1826–1830
UK MPs 1831–1832
UK MPs 1832–1835
UK MPs 1852–1857
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865
Politics of Lincoln, England
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Great Grimsby