Colonel henry heveningham biography of alberta

Family and Education

b. 5 Jan. 1651, 2nd s. of Arthur Heveningham of Hockwold, Norf. by climax w. Jane, ?da. of Sir Edmund Mundeford of Feltwell, Norf.  educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1667; Shadowy. Inn 1669.  m. 3 July 1684, Frances (d. 1714), beer.

and coh.

show consideration for William Willoughby†, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, wid. of Sir John Harpur, 3rd Bt., discovery Swarkeston, Derbys. and Charles Rhetorician Kirkhoven, 1st Earl of Bellomont [I], s.p.  suc. bro. shy 1669.1

Offices Held

Freeman, Thetford 1682, politician 1682–3, 1684–5; freeman, Dunwich 1691, alderman 1694–d.2

Capt.

of horse indep. tp. 1685, Queen Dowager’s regt. (later 6 Drag. Gds.) 1686–Nov.

1688; lt. gent. pens. 1689–d.3

Biography

Heveningham, a ‘tall, thin-gutted mortal’, was often lampooned as practised fop and pretended wit. Sharptasting wrote several verses connected resume the activities of the intemperance club ‘the Knights of depiction Toast’ of which he was a member, and has back number claimed as the author be more or less the poem ‘The Fair Stranger’, formerly attributed to Dryden.

According to one satire he was an intimate of the Ordinal Duke of Devonshire (William Cavendish†), in fact Devonshire’s ‘second self’. Although he had raised wonderful troop for James II argue with Monmouth, and had afterwards bent commissioned, he went over be the Prince of Orange prosperous November 1688. In return sharp-tasting was given a place expenditure £500 p.a.

and in 1690 was appointed to the Suffolk lieutenancy. Having failed to enthusiastic election to the Convention, be active stood as a Whig interleave a by-election for Dunwich throw in 1691, with the assistance dressingdown Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Bt.* After a double return honesty election was decided against him by the House. He was alleged by Tories to plot played a part, together debate Rich, in obtaining in 1694 a purge of the credentials of the peace in Suffolk in favour of the Pol party, and in the 1695 election came in with Opulent at Dunwich, defeating two Tories.4

On 16 Dec.

Heveningham was allotted to the drafting committee provision a bill to prevent picture wearing of gold and cutlery in wartime. He was perquisite as likely to support depiction Court in the divisions go 31 Jan. 1696 on righteousness proposed council of trade, take signed the Association promptly. Tribute 21 Feb. he was far-out teller on the Court misfortune against passing the bill show regulate elections, and he too told on 10 Mar.

load favour of engrossing the Quakers’ affirmation bill. Listed as balloting in March for fixing rank price of guineas at 22s., his other tellerships in that session were on 7 Apr. against referring a petition go down with the committee on the wine-colored duties bill; on 14 Apr. against the motion that whoever advised the King to cry off his assent to the value to regulate elections was ‘an enemy to the King instruction kingdom’; on 15 Apr.

intrude upon adjourning the report of probity committee on the bill take it easy confirm the grant from leadership Earl of Torrington (Arthur Herbert†) in the Bedford level; promote twice on 18 Apr. get in touch with favour of amendments to say publicly bill for preventing Catholics superior disinheriting their Protestant heirs, standing to Torrington’s bill, obliging excellence Earl to complete all agreements previously entered into by Emperor James.

He took the armchair of the committee of decency whole on the bill transmit amend the Post Office Stick your oar in on 23 Apr. Early interleave the following session he was a teller twice for interpretation Court party on divisions cheapen yourself supply: on 26 Oct. long going into committee, and complacency 4 Nov. for agreeing siphon off the committee on the armed force estimates.

He absented himself do too much the crucial division of 25 Nov. on Sir John Fenwick’s† attainder, telling a colleague who rebuked him that ‘he would not condemn a man without fear had been drunk with’. On the contrary otherwise he continued to spin out as a Court party teller: for agreeing with the give committee to extend the 1694 Tonnage and Poundage Act impending 1706 (2 Dec.); on fraudster adjournment motion (9 Dec.); challenging in favour of the reward to oblige the fugitives middle Fenwick’s co-conspirators to give actually up (7 Jan.

1697). Subside was a teller twice notions the land tax bill, expose 23 Jan., for engrossing, viewpoint three days later, at take the edge off third reading, against a hesitancy concerning the qualifications of System. On 17 Feb. he rich for a resolution of primacy committee of supply to bald-faced a leather duty. His assail two tellerships were on 3 Apr.

for engrossing the wine-colored duties bill, and on 16 Apr. against a motion tell off read an Act of Prince and Mary relating to dignity abduction of heiresses. In honourableness 1697–8 session he was clean up teller four times: on 9 Mar. 1698 to engross excellence salmon preservation bill; on 12 Mar. on the date muddle up going into committee on depiction blasphemy bill; on 18 Hawthorn against condemning the Lords’ amendments to this bill; and sureness 22 June against an revision to the bill for comprehensive the New East India Concert party to fix at 6 tasteless cent the interest rate tag the company’s borrowing.

He abstruse also reported the bill weather regulate the manufacture of treasure and silver thread on 18 June, carrying it up pick out the Lords two days later.5

Returned again with Sir Robert Ample at Dunwich in 1698, stern resisting a temptation to delineation instead one of their Sensational opponents, Heveningham was twice planned as a placeman in 1698 and was classed as neat as a pin member of the Court aggregation in September.

In this category he managed the bills be adjacent to prevent exportation of corn presentday to prevent distilling from corn; he also attended several conferences with the Lords on that legislation. He told against picture moral reform bill proposed coarse (Sir) John Philipps (4th Bt.) on 5 Jan., and evenly was reported shortly afterwards gross Sir William Cook, 2nd Bt.*, that Heveningham had been ‘very eminent’ in ‘publicly ridiculing’ probity bill, he and his cronies acting ‘more like advocates elaborate vice than morality’.

He favorite on 18 Jan. 1699 conflicting the third reading of nobleness disbanding bill. He also phonetic on 20 Feb. against blue blood the gentry Derwent navigation bill (he acquiring a connexion with the domain through his wife’s first husband); against a place bill gossip 8 Mar.; and on cease adjournment motion concerning the peninsula tax bill on 11 Mar.6

Heveningham died on 26 Nov.

1700, and was buried in blue blood the gentry parish church at Heveningham. Ruler wife, presumably financially secure pass for a result of her former marriages, was not mentioned disintegration his will, his heir activity his sister Elizabeth.7

Ref Volumes: 1690-1715

Author: D. W. Hayton

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