Sir Henry Heyman, 1st Baronet (20 November 1610-1658) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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 from 1640 to 1653. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War

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Heyman was born at Selling, Kent

Selling, Kent

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, the son of Sir Peter Heyman

Peter Heyman

Sir Peter Heyman was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.-Life:Heyman was born on 13 May 1580, the son of Henry Heyman of Sellinge, Kent and his wife Rebecca Horne, daughter the Right Rev. Robert Horne, Bishop of Winchester. He was admitted to...

, MP for Hythe 1621-1622, and his wife Sarah Collett, daughter of Peter Collett merchant of London. He was admitted to Gray's Inn

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 in 1626.

In April 1640, Heyman was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Hythe

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 in the Short Parliament

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.He was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament

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. Heyman was created Baronet

Heyman Baronets

The Heyman Baronetcy, of Somerfield in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 12 August 1641 for Henry Heyman, Member of Parliament for Hythe...

 of Somerfield in the County of Kent in the Baronetage of England on 12 August 1641.

Heyman died at the age of 47 at his seat, at Somerfield and was buried in the family vault, at Selling, in Kent.

Heyman married Mary Holford, daughter of Daniel Holford, of West Thurrock, Essex and had three sons and two daughters. His son Peter succeeded to the baronetcy.