James Heywood

James Modyford Heywood (1732 – 22 April 1798) was an English Member of Parliament for Fowey, plantation owner in Jamaica, and Lord of the Admiralty. Early life Heywood was the only son of James Heywood (–1738), of Maristow (near Roborough in Devon) and Jamaica, and the former Mary Elton (1706–1755), daughter of Sir Abraham Elton, 2nd Baronet of Clevedon Court, MP for Bristol and Taunton. His paternal grandparents were Col. Peter Heywood and Grace ( Modyford) Heywood (daughter of Elizabeth ( Stanning) Modyford and Sir James Modyford, 1st Baronet, Deputy-governor of Jamaica). His sister, Lucy Heywood, married Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Baronet. Heywood succeeded to his father's estates in 1738, including Heywood Hall in St. Mary, Jamaica. He was educated at Eton between 1742 and 1747 and entered Trinity College, Cambridge on 8 June 1747, aged 17.