James Heywood
Deceased Person
1810 – 1897
Who was James Heywood?
James Heywood was a British MP, philanthropist and social reformer.
He was born in Manchester, Lancashire, the son of banker Nathaniel and Ann Heywood, and was the brother of Benjamin Heywood and Thomas Heywood and grandson of Thomas Percival. He matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge and was admitted to the Inner Temple.
He was a member of the Manchester Statistical Society and published a study of the population of Miles Platting in Manchester . He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and served as their President from 1875 to 1877.
He was also interested in geology and in 1840 donated some hundred specimens to help form the mineral collection of Manchester Museum.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in Feb 1839.
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