NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Heywood, Benjamin, Sir, 1793-1865 DNB: Heywood, Sir Benjamin, first baronet (1793–1865), banker LBT ID: BeHeywo1865 VIAF ID: 28576200 LOC ID: n86868181 | B/BAP: 1793-12-12 DIED: 1865-08-11 |
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The son of the banker Nathaniel Heywood; educated at Glasgow University, he was a
Manchester banker, a founder of the Manchester mechanics' institution, and Whig MP for
Lancashire (1831-32). | |