James Heywood (philanthropist)
James Heywood (28 May 1810 – 17 October 1897) was a British MP, philanthropist and social reformer.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and served as their President from 1875 to 1877.[2] He was also interested in geology and in 1840 donated some hundred specimens to help form the mineral collection of Manchester Museum.His candidature citation read: "James Heywood, Esq of Trinity College, Cambridge, residing at 17 Cork Street, London, Barrister of the Inner Temple, author of a Report on the Geology of the Coal District of South Lancashire, published in the Transactions of the British Association, & also of a Report on the state of the population in Miles Platting, Manchester, published in the Journal of the Statistical Society of London; a gentleman much attached to science, being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society, we the undersigned, do, from our personal knowledge, recommend him as deserving of that honor, & as likely to be a useful & valuable member"[1] Heywood was Liberal MP for North Lancashire from 1847 to 1857.Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs Media related to James Heywood (philanthropist) at Wikimedia Commons