Charles Heneage was born on 4 December 1841, the son of George Fieschi Heneage and Frances née Tasburgh.  He became a diplomat and was stationed in Nice, Washington, Stockholm and Athens.  He later became a journalist.  In 1876 in Berlin he married Agnes Leclercq.  Born Agnes Elizabeth Joy in Swanton, Vermont, she was the widow of Prince Felix Salm-Salm.
Charles Heneage died on 16 September 1901, at the age of 59.
Photographed in 1864 by Mathias Hansen of Stockholm.