Constituency Dates
Lancaster 1722 – 14 Apr. 1727
Family and Education
b. 10 Dec. 1691, 1st surv. s. of William Heysham. educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1709, M. Temple 1709. m. 1 Oct. 1719, Sarah, da. of Richard Perry, London merchant, sis. of Micajah Perry. suc. fa. 1716.
Address
Main residence: East Greenwich, Kent.
biography text

Heysham succeeded his father at Lancaster, voting against the Government in all recorded divisions. His only reported speech was against the army, 28 Jan. 1726. He died at Bath 14 Apr. 1727, described by a Lancaster Quaker as ‘an indolent man and of no service’.1W. Stout, Autobiog. 109.

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Notes
  • 1. W. Stout, Autobiog. 109.