1. Oliver Heywood was an English banker and philanthropist.
21 Facts About Oliver Heywood
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Oliver Heywood was selected as High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1888.
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Oliver Heywood married Eleanor Barton, daughter of Richard Watson Barton, on 7 September 1847; they had no children.
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On 9 September 1825, Oliver Heywood was born in Irlams O' Th' Height near Manchester, England to the prominent English banker and well known philanthropist Sir Benjamin Heywood and his wife Sophia Ann Robinson.
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Oliver Heywood was educated in Liverpool at St Domingo House, at the time, a boarding school for boys that was housed by a large mansion.
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Oliver Heywood then was educated at Mr Mertz's School in Manchester and then at Eton College for his higher education.
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Oliver Heywood followed the finishing of his formal education by travelling abroad before beginning his very promising career in the family banking business.
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On 7 September 1847, Oliver Heywood married Eleanor Barton, the daughter of a merchant from Pendlebury named Richard Watson Barton.
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The couple first lived in Acresfield in the house where Oliver Heywood had been born in Irlams O' Th' Height near Manchester.
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Oliver Heywood was in London at the time when the crisis first struck.
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The firm's well-weathering of the financial crisis of 1866 is largely given credit to how Oliver Heywood managed his company, he was reliable and prudent.
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The prosperity from the Oliver Heywood Bank rewarded the family handsomely, the amount of wealth Oliver Heywood was receiving allowed him to have more time and focus on charitable and philanthropic work.
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Oliver Heywood started off supporting and financing for projects to erect and establish working men's colleges.
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Oliver Heywood even assisted his resources to help erect and establish the Owens College, which eventually became a forerunner of the University of Manchester.
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Oliver Heywood, deciding to stay in Manchester, and with his very generous inclinations, was very prone to provide a little extra to his community's needs.
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Oliver Heywood provided his support and contributed to the healthcare organisations and facilities of Manchester, these include: Hospital for Sick Children, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Salford Royal Hospital, the Royal Eye Hospital Manchester, the Royal Asylum, and the Provident Dispensaries Association.
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Oliver Heywood was passionate and often locally involved to the best of his capacity towards, what was then considered, "Progressive Causes".
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Oliver Heywood was a staunch supporter of the Anti-Slavery movement in England, and in turn, the world.
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Oliver Heywood's father, Sir Benjamin Oliver Heywood, was a parliamentary representative during the 1830s.
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Oliver Heywood was buried at St John's church in Pendlebury.
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Bruce-Joy had previously sculpted a statue of John Bright in Albert Square and the committee overseeing the Oliver Heywood memorial believed that his statue of Oliver Heywood would complement that of Bright.