About Edward Heneage
Lived 1802 – 1880 (aged 77). Edward Heneage was a British politician.
Edward Heneage (24 July 1802 – 25 June 1880) was a British Whig politician.
Heneage was the son of George Robert Heneage (1768–1833) and his wife Frances Anne Ainslie. He was educated at Eton College.
At the 1835 general election he was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Grimsby, a seat which had been held from 1826 to 1830 by his older brother George. He was re-elected unopposed in 1841 and 1847, but was defeated in a contest in 1852.
Personal life Heneage was married twice, firstly on 11 April 1840 to Charlotte Frances Anne Rolleston (died January 1853), daughter of Colonel Lancelot Rolleston and Caroline Chetwynd. On 25 August 1853 he married again, to Renee Elizabeth Levina Hoare, daughter of Captain Richard Hoare and Matilda Ottley Fahie.
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Who was Edward Heneage?
British politician
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Edward Heneage was born on 24 July 1802.
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Edward Heneage died on 25 June 1880.
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Edward Heneage was a politician.
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Edward Heneage was British.
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