Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage

Edward Heneage, 1st Baron Heneage, PC, DL, JP (29 March 1840 – 10 August 1922) was a British Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician. He was briefly Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under William Ewart Gladstone between February and April 1886, when he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and joined the Liberal Unionists.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Heneage
PC DL JP
"Grimsby"
Heneage as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, December 1887
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
6 February 1886  16 April 1886
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byHenry Chaplin
Succeeded bySir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt
Personal details
Born(1840-03-29)29 March 1840
Died10 August 1922(1922-08-10) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Liberal Unionist
SpouseLady Eleanor Hare (d. 1924)
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