Isaac le Heup (c.1686–1747) of

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, was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the

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between 1722 and 1741.

Early life

Le Heup was the eldest son of Thomas Le Heup, and his wife Jeanne Harmon, daughter of Pierre Harmon of Caen, Normandy. His father was a Huguenot from St. Lo, Normandy who emigrated to England on the revocation of the

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and settled at St. Anne's, Westminster. Le Heup married Elizabeth Lombard, daughter of Peter Lombard of

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, Norfolk, tailor to Queen Anne, on 10 August 1720. He was thus connected by this marriage to

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who was his brother-in-law. He succeeded his father in 1736.

Career

Le Heup was returned as Member of Parliament for

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as a government supporter at the 1722 general election. In 1726 he was appointed British representative at the Diet of Ratisbon, but was expelled in April 1727 in a tit-for-tat reprisal for the expulsion of the Imperial minister from London. He purchased Gunthorpe Hall from the trustees of the

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in 1726. In July 1727 he was sent as envoy to Stockholm, but was rude to the Prince of Wales at Hanover National Library of Scotland H---p at Hanover
/ref> when on his way to take up his appointment and was recalled after 17 days. Le Heup stood unsuccessfully for Parliament for

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at the 1727 general election and was eventually returned for

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at a by-election on 31 Jan. 1732. At the 1734 general election, he was returned as MP for

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, a Walpole borough. He voted with the Administration in every recorded division. He did not stand at the 1741 general election, but was appointed a commissioner of customs in August 1741. Following the fall of Walpole.in the next year, he was dismissed from the post.

Death and legacy

Le Heup died on 25 April 1747, aged 61. He had a son and two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. Elizabeth married John Lloyd MP.

References

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