Background
He was the youngest son of Robert Heron of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
He was the youngest son of Robert Heron of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
He was admitted to Lincoln"s Inn in 1748, made a Commissioner of Bankruptcy in 1751 and a Remembrancer in the Exchequer in 1754. He was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland on 25 January 1777. He was made a Baronet in 1778, of Newark upon Trent.
He died in 1805 at his home in London.
He sat in the Irish House of Commons as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Lisburn from 1777 to 1783, and served as Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1776 to 1780.