Hugh Christopher Lemprière Heywood (5 November 1896 – 8 May 1987) was an Anglican priest^[1] and author^[2] in the mid 20th century.

Heywood was born on 5 November 1896^{[3][page needed]} to Lt.-Col. Charles Christopher Heywood and Mildred Ella (née Lemprière).^[4] He was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a descendant of the banker Sir Benjamin Heywood, 1st Baronet.^[5]

After World War I service with the Manchester Regiment,^[6] Heywood transferred to the British Indian Army in 1917 and was attached to the 74th Punjabis. He served as a staff captain from 1919 until 1922. During his service, he was mentioned in dispatches and wounded.^{[citation needed]} He retired in January 1923. He then returned to England, studied at Cambridge University and was ordained at Ely in 1926.^[3] He held curacies at St Andrew the Great in Cambridge and Holy Cross, Greenford, after which he was a Fellow, Tutor and Dean at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge until 1945. From then until 1969 he was Provost of Southwell Minster.^{[citation needed]} He spent the remaining years of his life as vicar of Upton, Nottinghamshire.^[7]

He died on 8 May 1987.^[3] In 1920 he had married Margaret Marion Vizard.^[8] They had two children.^[4]