William Unwin Heygate

William Unwin Heygate (12 March 1825 - 2 March 1902) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and Leicestershire politician.

Biography Heygate was born on 12 March 1825, the second son of Sir William Heygate, 1st Baronet (1782-1844), Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London. He was educated at Eton College and Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded a B. A. in 1847 and an M. A. in 1850. He became a pupil at Lincoln's Inn on 6 November 1846 and was called to the bar on 19 November 1850.

Family Heygate married, Constance Mary Beaumont, daughter of Sir George Beaumont 8th baronet, on 6 July 1852. The couple had four children: William Howley Beaumont Heygate (20 May 1854 – 21 September 1928), served as a Captain in the British Army Reginald Beaumont Heygate (10 October 1857 – 5 January 1903) Mary Florence Heygate (16 January 1861 – 1 July 1929) Harry Beaumont Heygate (8 Feb 1872 – 20 July 1897)