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Sir Benjamin Heywood, 1st Baronet (12 December 1793 – 11 August 1865) was an
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er and
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Early life

Benjamin Heywood was born on 12 December 1793 in St Ann's Square,
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
. He was the grandson of
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, the son of Nathaniel Heywood and Ann Percival, the brother to
Thomas Heywood Thomas Heywood (early 1570s – 16 August 1641) was an English playwright, actor, and author. His main contributions were to late Elizabethan and early Jacobean theatre. He is best known for his masterpiece ''A Woman Killed with Kindness'', a ...
and James Heywood, and the nephew to Samuel Heywood. He lived at "Claremont" to the north west of the
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in
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.McConnell (2004) He graduated from the
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Career

Heywood entered his father's bank becoming a partner in 1814 and sole proprietor in 1828. He was an enthusiast for workers' education and was a founder of the
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, serving as its president from 1825 until 1840. Heywood briefly served as Member of Parliament for
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from 1831 until 1832, receiving his baronetcy in recognition of his work in support of the
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. He was also active in the
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Personal life

The family had a strong affinity with the south
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and
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area and bought a summer retreat at Dove Leys, near
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(When the Claremont area (
Irlams o' th' Height Irlams o' th' Height is a suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, on top of the Irwell Valley, on higher ground than Pendleton, Greater Manchester, Pendleton, hence the name. The first part of the name derives from the Irlam family t ...
) of Pendleton,
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, was built up, many of the streets were given names such as Duffield Road, Doveleys Road, Denstone Road, among others.) He was the father of: *
Sir Thomas Percival Heywood, 2nd Baronet The Heywood Baronetcy, of Claremont (ward), Claremont in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 9 August 1838 for the banker, politician and philanthropist Sir Benjamin Heywood, 1s ...
; *
Oliver Heywood Oliver Heywood (9 September 1825 – 1892) was an England, English banker and philanthropist. Born in Irlam O'Th' Height, Lancashire, the son of Benjamin Heywood, and educated at Eton College, Heywood joined the family business, Heywood's ...
; and *Rev. R.H. Heywood.


Philanthropy

In 1864, Heywood provided the gift of £100 () to the
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(RNLI), to be used towards the construction of a boathouse for the new lifeboat station in Blackpool. The building, at the junction of Lytham Road and Bolton Street, was in use by the RNLI until 1936, but still stands to this day.


Honours

*
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, (1838) * Elected to the
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on 27.1.1815{ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/74442#page/32/mode/1up . Treasurer of the Society 1815–50 *Fellow of the
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, (1843)


See also

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Heywood's Bank Heywood's Bank was a private banking firm established and run in Manchester by members of the Heywood family of Pendleton between 1788 and 1874. Family and banking history The bank was founded in Manchester by Benjamin Heywood and his two sons, ...


References


Bibliography

* * * *McConnell, A. (2004)
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