Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for Gwynn Harris HEAP

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HEAP, Gwynn Harris, diplomatist, was born in Chester, Pa., March 23, 1817; son of Samuel Davies and Margaret (Porter) Heap; and grandson of George Heap. His father was appointed consul at Tunis in 1825 and in 1839-40 the son served as vice-and acting-consul there. In 1846-55 he was employed as a government clerk. He was married in Washington, D.C., to Evelina Cora, daughter of Com. David and Evelina (Anderson) Porter. In 1855-57 he was sent by the war department to Turkey to purchase camels. On his return he was made a clerk in the navy department, and at the outbreak of the civil war he volunteered in the U.S. secret service. He was placed in charge of the pilots of Admiral Porter's squadron on the Mississipi river in 1863. In 1866 he was appointed U.S. consul at Belfast, Ireland; was consul at Tunis, 1867-78; and secretary of legation and consul-general at Constantinople, 1878-87. He compiled A Synoptical Index to the Statutes at Large (1849-50); and wrote Exploration of the Central Route to the Pacific (1853); and Itineracy of the Central Route to the Pacific (1854). He died in Constantinople, Turkey, March 6, 1887.

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