Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet

Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet (27 November 1765 – 29 May 1854 ), was a British Whig He held the seat until the next general election, in 1818, when he did not stand again in Grimsby. He did however, stand in 1818, for election in Lincolnshire County, though unsuccessfully.

He returned to the Commons the following year, when he was elected at a by-election in November 1819 as an MP for Peterborough. He held that seat until the 1847 general election, when he did not stand again.

Stubton Hall Heron owned Stubton Hall, a large estate at Stubton (near Newark-on-Trent) on the border of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. 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. 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".