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John Henniker Heaton
Sir John Henniker Heaton, 1st Baronet (18 May 1848 – 8 September 1914) was a United Kingdom Member of Parliament and a postal reformer and journalist in Australia.
Early life.
Heaton was the only son of Lieutenant Colonel John Heaton and his wife, Elizabeth Anne "née" Henniker, and was born at Rochester, Kent, England. He was educated at Kent House School, Rochester, and King's College London.
Australia.
Heaton arrived in Australia in 1864. He
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He was a Captain in the Rifle Brigade and Honorary Colonel in the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
He married on 4 September 1873 Mary Banks (d. 26 June 1898), and they had three children:
1. Catherine Mary Sermonia Burrell, married in 1902 John Henniker-Heaton (1877-1963), who later succeeded as 2nd Baronet Henniker-Heaton.
2. John Percy Burrell (1873–1902)
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