Herbert Henniker-Heaton

Sir Herbert Henniker Heaton, (9 February 1880 – 24 January 1961) was a British colonial administrator. He was Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1935 to 1941.

Early life and career The third son of Sir John Henniker Heaton, Bt., Herbert Henniker-Heaton was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford.

Henniker-Heaton submitted his resignation from the colonial service in 1939, dated to be effective in February 1940 when he was to turn 60 years old. However he withdrew his resignation with the outbreak of war in Europe. Henniker-Heaton finally left the Falklands in 1941, finishing his career as an acting Colonial Secretary in Bermuda.

Personal life Henniker-Heaton was first married in 1909, to Phoebe Talbot-Crosbie from Ardfert, County Kerry with whom he had two daughters and two sons. Phoebe died during the couple's first year in the Falklands whilst giving birth to their son Dermot, and is buried in the graveyard at Stanley. In 1926 he married Helena Iris McCallum, who died the next year during childbirth, giving birth to the couple's son Christopher. Henniker-Heaton's third and final marriage was in 1947 to Gladys Going, a widow. Henniker-Heaton died in Hove, Sussex in 1961.

Note