Richard William Heneker
Richard William Heneker | |
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Portrait of Heneker | |
| Mayor of Sherbrooke | |
| In office 1868–1869 | |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Edmond Panneton |
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| Born | May 2, 1823 |
| Died | February 5, 1912 (aged 88) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Tuson |
| Children | 3 |
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Richard William Heneker (May 2, 1823 – August 15, 1912) was a Canadian businessman of Irish descent. Following his immigration to Canada in 1855, he settled in Sherbrooke, Quebec. After a long career in business, he left Canada in 1902 to retire in England.
For about fifty years, Heneker was a businessman and an influential leader in the Eastern Townships at the end of 19th century. Throughout his life in Canada, he pursued two missions: namely to enable Anglophones in the Sherbrooke region to emancipate themselves and build a regional economy controlled by residents of the Eastern Townships.
He acted as the first chairman of Bishop's College School and a Chancellor of Bishop's University.