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'''Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet''' (27 November 1765 – 29 May 1854)<ref name="rayment-bt">{{rayment-b|h|}}</ref> was a British [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith" /> politician. He sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from 1812 to 1847, with a break in 1818–1819. |
'''Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet''' (27 November 1765 – 29 May 1854)<ref name="rayment-bt">{{rayment-b|h|}}</ref> was a British [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith" /> politician. He sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from 1812 to 1847, with a break in 1818–1819. |
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==Early life== |
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He was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, the son of Thomas Heron, of Chilham Castle, Kent, Recorder of Newark and educated St. John's College, Cambridge . He inherited his baronetcy and extensive estates in Lincolnshire from his uncle, [[Richard Heron, 1st Baronet]] on the latter's death in 1805. <ref> Complete Baronetage </ref> |
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== Parliament == |
== Parliament == |
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He was elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1812|1812 general election]] as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby]].<ref>{{London Gazette |
He served as [[High Sheriff of Lincolnshire]] for 1808 and was then elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1812|1812 general election]] as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby]].<ref>{{London Gazette |
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Revision as of 11:46, 1 July 2011
Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet (27 November 1765 – 29 May 1854)[1] was a British Whig[2] politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1812 to 1847, with a break in 1818–1819.
Early life
He was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, the son of Thomas Heron, of Chilham Castle, Kent, Recorder of Newark and educated St. John's College, Cambridge . He inherited his baronetcy and extensive estates in Lincolnshire from his uncle, Richard Heron, 1st Baronet on the latter's death in 1805. [3]
Parliament
He served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1808 and was then elected at the 1812 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby.[4] He held the seat until the next general election, in 1818,[5] when he did not stand again in Grimsby.[2] He did however, stand in 1818, for election in Lincolnshire County, though unsuccessfully.[6]
He returned to the Commons the following year, when he was elected at a by-election in November 1819 as an MP for Peterborough.[7][8] He held that seat until the 1847 general election,[9] when he did not stand again.[10]
Stubton Hall
Heron owned Stubton Hall, a large estate at Stubton (near Newark-on-Trent) on the border of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.[11] The estate had belonged to the Heron family from since 1789, and the 17th-century hall was extensively rebuilt in the early 19th-century by Sir Robert.[12] He had initially used it as a summer retreat, but after being elected to Parliament he decided to make Stubton his main home. The architect Jeffry Wyatt drew up plans for remodelling, which had to be revised after the building was found to be in a poorer condition than was thought, and the resulting works were a big drain on Heron's finances: in January 1814 he recorded in his diary that he had spent £7,000 just get the building "covered in".[11]
He also kept a large menagerie, and successfully bred a range of exotic animals including llamas, alpacas. lemurs, porucpines, armadillos and kangaroos.[11]
Sir Robert and his wide Amelia had no children,[11] and the baronetcy became extinct on his death.[1] The estate passed to George Neville, a relation of Amelia, and then to Sir Ralph Wilmont, Bt, on whose death it was sold to Edmund Royds.[11]
References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "H"
- ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 201. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ Complete Baronetage
- ^ "No. 16670". The London Gazette. 17 November 1812.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
- ^ W. Brooke's book of the Poll for the Election of Knights of the Shire for the County of Lincoln (Lincoln, 1818).
- ^ "No. 17541". The London Gazette. 4 December 1819.
- ^ Stooks Smith, page 236
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 237. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ a b c d e "Stubton looks to the future" (PDF). Lincolnshire Life. December 2009. pp. 46–49. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
- ^ Samuel Lewis, ed. (1848). "Strickland, Great - Stubton". A Topographical Dictionary of England. pp. 250–252. Retrieved 29 November 2010.