The Heygate Baronetcy, of Southend in the County of Essex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 30 September 1831 for William Heygate, Lord Mayor of London from 1822 to 1823 and member of parliament for Sudbury from 1818 to 1826.[2]
The second Baronet, Sir Frederick William Heygate married Marianne Gage, daughter and heiress of Conolly Gage, in 1851 and so acquired Bellarena House at Bellarena, County Londonderry.[3][4] He represented the constituency of County Londonderry in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 1859 to 1874. The third Baronet, Sir Frederick Gage Heygate was Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, the Marquess of Londonderry, from 1887 to 1888.
The second son of the first baronet, William Unwin Heygate (1825–1902), was a Member of Parliament from 1861 to 1865 and from 1870 to 1880.[5]
The family seat was Bellarena House, near Magilligan, County Londonderry.
Heygate baronets, of Southend (1831)
edit- Sir William Heygate, 1st Baronet (1782–1844)[2][6]
- Sir Frederick William Heygate, 2nd Baronet (1822–1894)[6]
- Sir Frederick Gage Heygate, 3rd Baronet (1854–1940)[6][7]
- Sir John Edward Nourse Heygate, 4th Baronet (1903–1976)[8]
- Sir George Lloyd Heygate, 5th Baronet (1936–1991)[9]
- Sir Richard John Gage Heygate, 6th Baronet (born 1940)[10]
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Frederick Carysfort Gage Heygate (born 1988).[10]
Notes
edit- ^ "No. 18851". The London Gazette. 16 September 1831. p. 1898.
- ^ a b "Heygate, William (1782-1844), of Chatham Place, Blackfriars, London; Holwood, Kent and Southend, Essex, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ Howard, J.J.; Crisp, F.A. (1973). Visitation of Ireland. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-8063-0543-1.
- ^ Portrait of Marianne Gage, Stephen Catterson Smith the Elder
- ^ "Heygate, William Unwin". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 309–310.
- ^ "Heygate, Sir Frederick Gage". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Heygate, Sir John (Edward Nourse)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Heygate, Sir George Lloyd". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b "Heygate, Sir Richard John Gage". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)