The Heygate Baronetcy, of
Southend
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in the
County of Essex
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, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 September 1831 for
William Heygate,
Lord Mayor of London
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from 1822 to 1823 and
member of parliament
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for
Sudbury from 1818 to 1826. The second Baronet married Marianne
Gage
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Measurement
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*Stream gauge, aka Stream gage, a site along a stream where flow measurements are made
People
* Gage (surname)
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Plac ...
, daughter and heiress of Conolly Gage, in 1851 and so acquired Bellarena House at
Bellarena
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,
County Londonderry.
Portrait of Marianne Gage
Stephen Catterson Smith the Elder He represented the constituency of County Londonderry in the House of Commons
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as a Conservative
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from 1859 to 1874. The third Baronet was Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
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, the Marquess of Londonderry, from 1887 to 1888.
The second son of the first baronet, William Unwin Heygate
William Unwin Heygate (12 March 1825 - 2 March 1902) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and Leicestershire politician.
Biography
Heygate was born on 12 March 1825, the second son of Sir William Heygate, 1st Baronet (1782-1844), Memb ...
(1825–1902) was a Member of Parliament
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from 1861 to 1865 and from 1870 to 1880.
The family seat was Bellarena House, near Magilligan
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, County Londonderry.
Heygate baronets, of Southend (1831)
*Sir William Heygate, 1st Baronet
Sir William Heygate, 1st Baronet (24 June 1782 – 28 August 1844) was a British politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1822 to 1823. He was the first Heygate Baronet of Southend. He was awarded his baronetcy on 15 September 1831 on th ...
(1782–1844)
* Sir Frederick William Heygate, 2nd Baronet (1822–1894)
* Sir Frederick Gage Heygate, 3rd Baronet (1854–1940)
* Sir John Edward Nourse Heygate, 4th Baronet (1903–1976)
* Sir George Lloyd Heygate, 5th Baronet (1936–1991)
* Sir Richard John Gage Heygate, 6th Baronet (born 1940)
The heir apparent
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is the present holder's son Frederick Carysfort Gage Heygate (born 1988).
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
*
Heygate
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