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HEATH, GEORGE, elder son of John Moore Heath (qv); b. 27 Mar 1847; adm. 16 Apr 1858 (G); QS 1861; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1865, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1865, matr. Mich. 1865; BA 1869; MA 1873; a mining engineer 1869-89; member, Lloyds’, from 1893; m. 14 Dec 1886 Martha Charlotte, second dau. of Johann Friedrich Schmidt, Crefeld, Germany; d. 1923.

HEATH, SIR (HENRY) FRANK, eldest son of Henry Charles Heath, Grove End Road, St. John’s Wood, Middlesex, Miniature Painter to Queen Victoria, and Georgina, dau. of William Woodcock, Brixton, Surrey; b. 11 Dec 1863; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (H); left May 1881; University Coll. London 1884-8, Fellow from 1896; BA London; Strasbourg Univ. 1888-90, Ph.D.; Professor of English, Bedford Coll., London 1890-5; Lecturer in English Language and Literature, King’s Coll. London 1891-5; Assistant Registrar and Librarian, Univ. London 1895-1901, Academic Registrar and acting Treasurer 1901-3; Director of Special Inquiries and Reports, Board of Education 1903-16; joint secretary, Royal Commission on University Education in London 1909-13; Principal Assistant Secretary, Universities Branch, Board of Education 1910-17; CB 19 Jun 1911; KCB 4 Jan 1917; Permanent Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1917-27; GBE 1927; member Governing Body, Imperial Coll., Univ. London, from 1931; editor, Modern Language Quarterly 1898-1903; contributed chapters to Social England, and joint editor, The Globe Shakespeare; m. 1st, 1892 Antonia Johanna Sophie Theresa, dau. of Friedrich Gottlieb Eckenstein, Canonbury, Middlesex, merchant; m. 2nd, 26 Mar 1898 Frances Elaine, dau. of James Hawkins Sayer, High Barnet, Herts., and Hastings, Sussex, linendraper; d. 5 Oct 1946. DNB Supp.

HEATH, JAMES, son of Robert Heath, The Strand, London, the King’s Cutler, and Dorothy --- (IGI); bapt. St Clement Danes 6 Jan 1629 (IGI); adm.; KS in 1644; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1646, matr. 16 Dec 1646, Westminster Student to 13 Oct 1648, when ejected by Parliamentary Visitors; at The Hague in 1649; adhered to exiled court of Charles II; returned to England and wrote and corrected for publishers and printers in order to support his family; sometimes known as “Carrion” Heath; author, A Brief Chronicle of the late Intestine War, 1661, Flagellum, or the Life and Death of O. Cromwell, the late Usurper, 1663, and other works; m.; d. 16 Aug 1664. DNB.

HEATH, JOHN MOORE, eldest son of George Heath, Kitlands, Dorking, Surrey, Serjeant at Law, and Anne Raymond, dau. of William Dunbar, barrister; b. 27 Dec 1808; adm. 16 Apr 1818 (G); KS 1822; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1826, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1826, scholar 1827, matr. Mich. 1826; 27th Wrangler and 7th in 2nd cl. Classical Tripos 1830; BA 1830; MA 1833; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 1831, Major Fellow 1833, Assistant Tutor 1833-9, Tutor 1839-44; called to bar, Inner Temple 12 Feb 1830 [sic, but ? is this date of admission]; ordained deacon (Rochester) 7 Feb 1836, priest (Ely) 27 May 1838; Vicar of Enfield, Middlesex 1844-70; m. 31 Dec 1845 Marianne, only dau. of Edward Harman, Clay Hill, Enfield; d. 2 Feb 1882.

HEATH, JOHN, youngest son of Robert Heath, Sanderstead, Surrey, barrister, and Anne, dau. of Nicholas Posyer, St. Stephen’s, Coleman Street, London; b. 18 Jan 1590/1; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1607, Westminster Student to 1615, matr. 16 Jun 1610, aged 18; BA 1611; MA 1614.

HEATH, JOHN, son of Francis Heath, Greenford, Middlesex; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1713; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Dec 1714; adm. Middle Temple 5 Jan 1715/6.

HEATH, JOHN, son of Thomas Heath, Alderman of Exeter, and his first wife Ann Pyne, Exeter; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1748 (Porten's); KS 1749; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr. 18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1754 – Nov 1764, Faculty Student 2 Nov 1764 – 12 Jul 1781; BA 1758; MA 1762; adm. Inner Temple May 1759, called to bar 25 Jun 1762; Serjeant at Law 17 May 1775; Recorder of Exeter 25 Sep 1779 – Jul 1780; a Judge of the Common Pleas from 19 Jul 1780; refused knighthood, preferring to remain “plain John Heath”; d. unm. 16 Jan 1816. DNB.

Heath, Lindsay Christopher, son of Christopher Heath, F.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone, President of the Royal Coll. of Surgeons, by his second wife, Gabrielle Nora, daughter of Capt. Joseph Maynard, R. N., and half-brother of Christopher Reginald Walter Heath (q.v.); b. Dec. 21, 1878; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (H); left Dec. 1895; served in the ranks of the Scottish Horse during the South African War 1899-1901, and as Sgt. 1st King Edward's Horse, and afterwards as temp. Capt. 24th Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers in Great War I; Native Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia; d. Oct. 4, 1958.

Heath, Richard Oliver, son of Oliver Heath MD and Florence Anne, d. of Solomon Shewring of Edgbaston, Birmingham; b. 3 Apr. 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (A); left July 1929; a chartered account­ant, ACA 1935, FCA 1960; PO (Accounts) RAF June 1935, FO June 1936; res. Dec. 1939; rejoined RAF 1940-7 (Sqdn Ldr); retd RAF June 1947; practised as accountant at Taunton, Somerset, retd 1975; m. 1st 16 Oct. 1943 Elizabeth Jane, d. of Walter Slade of Watchet, Somer­set; 2nd 27 Nov. 1969 Barbara Landells, d. of Robert Leonard Beane LRCP, of Moreton­hampstead, Devon; d. Sept. 1996.