Background
HEAVEN, Joseph Robert was born on June 6, 1840 in Orisava. Son of Robert Heaven, sometime acting British Consul at Vera Cruz, and Doha Joaquina de las Cobos y de Alva, of the Spanish ducal house of Osuna.
HEAVEN, Joseph Robert was born on June 6, 1840 in Orisava. Son of Robert Heaven, sometime acting British Consul at Vera Cruz, and Doha Joaquina de las Cobos y de Alva, of the Spanish ducal house of Osuna.
Privately.
Travelled; was in charge of important interests under protection of the British Flag during serious revolutions in the west coast of Mexico. Took part in the building of railways in Mexico, and the working of iron-ore mines in Spain. Justice of the Peace Company Aberdeen; landed proprietor.
Clubs: Conservative, Caledonian; Royal Northern, Aberdeen.
Spouse 1862, Doha Maria Guadalupe Ramirez do Arellano, 4th Marquesa de Braceras, a Princess of the Holy Roman Empire, Dama Noble de la Sagrada Orden Militar del Santo Sepulcro.