William Charles Heaton-Armstrong (1 September 1853 – 20 July 1917) was a British

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politician, merchant and banker.

Background

He was born in

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, Austria. He was a son of John Heaton-Armstrong. He was educated partly in Austria and partly in Ireland. He succeeded on the death of his father to the senior representation of the families of Heaton-Armstrong, Armstrong of Mangerton, Mount Heaton and Farney Castle, Macdonnell of New Hall, and Heaton of Yorkshire. He married in 1885, the Baronesse Bertha Maxmiliana Zois-Edelstein; oldest surviving daughter of 4th Baron Zois-Edelstein, of Austria. They had two sons, Duncan Heaton-Armstrong and

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, and one daughter.

Career

In his youth he joined the

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. In 1876 he joined the

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to fight in the

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. In the 1880s he got involved in the Chilean-Peruvian War assisting Chile. He visited nearly all the Colonies, and travelled very extensively. His first involvement in politics came when he stood as a Conservative candidate contesting Mid-Tipperary at the General Election in 1892 against the separation of Ireland from England. He stood as a Loyalist in favour of granting local self-government to the greatest possible extent to Ireland. Thereafter he switched his allegiance to the Liberal Party. He was Liberal MP for the

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Division of

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from 1906 to 1910. He gained Sudbury from the Liberal Unionists at the 1906 General Election. He served just one parliamentary term. He did not defend his seat at the January 1910 General Election and retired from politics. He then went into banking, financing railways in

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and

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was named after him. He was a Fellow of the

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, Royal Zoological Society,

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, and other learned Societies. He had published the 'Calculation of the Sun's Meridian Altitude'. He was

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.Who Was Who

Sources

*Who Was Who *British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S.

References

External links

Who Was WhoThe Six Month Kingdom: Albania 1914 By Duncan Heaton-Armstrong
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heaton-Armstrong, William Charles 1853 births 1917 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910