Heaton, Ralph Neville, son of Ernest Heaton of Greenford, Middx, and Gertrude Lilian, d. of Alfred Lavell; b. 4 June 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (KS); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1935 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.), MA 1964; Asst Principal Board of Education 1934; Under Sec. Min. of Education 1946-53, Dep. Sec. 1954-61; Commonwealth Fund Fellow 1951; CB 1951; Dep. Sec. Min. of Transport 1961-8; Dep. Under Sec. of State, Dept. of Economic Affairs, 1968-9; Dep. Sec. Min. of Housing & Local Govt 1969-70, DOE 1971-2; retd 1972; m. 25 May 1939 Cecily Margaret Alabaster, Asst Principal Board of Education, d. of George Herbert Alabaster MD FRCS, of Queenstown, Cape Province, SA; d. 18 Aug. 1994.

HEATHCOTE, RICHARD EDENSOR, eldest son of Sir John Edensor Heathcote, Kt, Longton Hall, Staffordshire, and Anne, eldest dau. of Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart.; b. 25 Oct 1780; adm.; KS 1796; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1802 – void by marriage 11 Nov 1808; BA 1803; MA 1805; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 May 1802; MP Coventry 1826-30, Stoke upon Trent 1835 – Feb 1836; m. 1st, 15 Sep 1808 his cousin Emma Sophia, dau. of Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Bart.; m. 2nd, 13 Dec 1815 Lady Elizabeth Keith Lindsay, younger dau. of Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (S), Gen. in Army; d. at Geneva, Switzerland 10 Dec 1850.

HEATHCOTE, JOHN EDENSOR, eldest son of Richard Edensor Heathcote (qv), and his first wife; b. 14 Sep 1810; adm. 25 Sep 1824 (Stikeman's); KS 1825; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1829, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1829, scholar 1830; BA 1833; MA 1836; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1835, called to bar 22 Nov 1841; Home Circuit; special pleader; m. 31 Oct 1837 Mary Anna, only surviving dau. of Rev. Thomas Sandford, Sandford, Shropshire; d. 10 Dec 1869.

HEATH, WALTER, younger son of John Moore Heath (qv); b. 11 May 1855; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); QS 1869; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1873, adm. pens. 19 Jan 1874, scholar 1877 [check], matr. Mich. 1874; 23rd Wrangler 1878; BA 1878; MA 1882; Assistant Master, Tonbridge Sch. 1879; articled to solicitors, London 1880; adm. solicitor; went out to Queensland, Australia; managing clerk to Hart and Flower, Brisbane, for some twelve years; returned to England and lived at Cobham, Surrey; m. 15 Aug 1892 Ellen Augusta, third dau. of Ferdinand Antonio Echalaz, Wimbledon, Surrey; d. 6 May 1932.

HEATH, RICHARD, second son of Sir Richard Heath, Kt, Baron of the Exchequer, and his second wife Lettice, dau. of Sir George Woodroffe, Kt, Poyle, Surrey; b.; adm.; QS 1703; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1707, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1707, aged 18, scholar 19 Apr 1708; BA 1710/1; MA 1714; ordained deacon 17 Mar 1716, priest 24 Mar 1716 (both Winchester); Rector of East Clandon, Surrey, from 25 Mar 1717; d. 29 Apr 1729.

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, 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, 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, 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, FRANCIS, fourth son of Sir Robert Heath; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1624, adm. scholar 1625, matr. Mich. 1626; BA 1628/9; MA 1632; BD (from Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge) 1640; Fellow, Trinity Hall 1643-7; adm. Inner Temple 1641; Receiver, Eagle Honour and Sussex, Duchy of Lancaster 5 Dec 1662 – successor appointed Mar 1675. [note Francis Heath, “Doctor of Laws”, Brasted, Kent, will proved PCC 31 Jan 1684]