Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage
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Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage PC JP DL (29 March 1840 – 10 August 1922) was a British Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician.
The eldest son of George Fiesche Heneage, of Hainton Hall, Lincoln, and Frances Tasburgh, he was educated at Eton. He served with the 1st Life Guards from 1857-1863. In 1864 he succeeded to family estates and in the same year he married Lady Eleanor Cecilia Hare, daughter of William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel.
He sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1866-1868 and for Grimsby from 1880-1886, and as Liberal Unionist member for that constituency from 1886-1892 and from 1893-1895. He was Vice-Chairman of Lindsey Quarter Sessions. He was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1886 and Vice-President of the Committee of Agriculture in the same year. He retired from office and joined the Liberal Unionist party in 1886 and was Chairman of Liberal Unionist Council from 1893-1898;
He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1886 and raised to the peerage as Baron Heneage in 1896. He also held office as High Steward of Grimsby
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Henry Chaplin |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1886 |
Succeeded by Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New creation |
Baron Heneage 1896–1922 |
Succeeded by George Heneage |
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