Leopold Heath

Heath joined the Royal Navy in 1830,[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=891 William Loney RN] and was involved in the capture of 'Borneo' in 1846.[http://www.jjhc.info/heathleopold1907 Admiral Sir Leopold George Heath] In 1846, he drew a three-part depiction of the coasts of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. His drawings were published by the Hydrographer's Office, London, in 1847 as a guide for merchant ships' captains. The series was republished in 1997 to mark the end of the 99-year lease by Britain of Hong Kong's New Territories.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jjhc.info/HeathLeopoldGeorge1907hongkongharbouranchorage.htm|title=Hong Kong As seen from the Anchorage. Drawn by Lieut. L.G. Heath of HMS Iris 1846|publisher=Hydrographic Office|accessdate=11 February 2015}}

Heath was beachmaster during the British landings at Eupatoria during the Crimean War and then became acting captain of {{HMS|Sans Pareil|1851|6}} in the Black Sea before taking personal charge of the Port of Balaclava. He later commanded {{HMS|Seahorse|1830|6}}, {{HMS|Melampus|1820|6}}, {{HMS|Arrogant|1848|6}}, {{HMS|Dauntless|1847|6}} and then {{HMS|Cambridge|1815|6}}. He was appointed vice-president of the Ordnance Select Committee at Woolwich in 1863 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1867. The following year, he took charge of the naval aspects of the Expedition to Abyssinia. He served on a committee for torpedo defence in 1870 and retired in 1877.

In retirement Heath lived at Anstie Grange in Holmwood, Surrey, where he died. He became a Director of the Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society, of the Central Bank of London and of the Eastern and South African Telegraph Company.

• {{cite book|first=Leopold|last=Heath|url=https://archive.org/details/lettersfromblack00heat |title=Letters from the Black Sea during the Crimean War, 1854–55|year=1897|publisher=R. Bentley}}

Heath married Mary Emma Marsh, daughter of Cuthbert Marsh, of Eastbury, Hertfordshire, at St. Paul's Church, Malta, on 8 December 1853.[http://thepeerage.com/p24708.htm#i247075 The Peerage.com] Lady Heath died aged 76 at Anstie Grange, Holmwood, on 20 December 1902.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Deaths|date=23 December 1902 |page=1 |issue=36958}} They had seven children:

• Arthur Raymond Heath (1854–1943), a Conservative politician, married Flora Jean Baxter
• Marion Emma (1856–1949), married firstly Alfred Fox Cotton, secondly Major Ralph Martin Crofton
• Frederick Crofton Heath, later Heath-CaldwellThis son, as Lieutenant Frederick Heath, took part in the losing Royal Engineers team in the 1878 FA Cup Final. (1858–1945), major general in the British Army, married Constance Mary Helsham Helsham-Jones
• Cuthbert Eden Heath (1859–1939), an insurance underwriter, married Sarah Caroline Gore Gambier
• Ada Randolf (1860–1957), married H.J.T. Broadwood (1856–1911)
• Sir Herbert Leopold Heath (1861–1954), admiral in the Royal Navy, married Elizabeth Catherine Simpson
• Sir Gerard Moore Heath (1863–1929), major general in the British Army, married Mary Egerton.

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• {{cite DNB12|wstitle = Heath, Leopold George|first= Leonard George Carr |last=Laughton}}
• {{cite ODNB|first1=L. G. C.|last1= Laughton|title=Heath, Sir Leopold George (1817–1907)|first2= Roger T. |last2=Stearn| id = 33792}}

• {{cite wikisource |first=William Richard |last=O'Byrne |chapter=Heath, Leopold George |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary |year=1849 |publisher=John Murray}}
• [https://jjhc.info/heathleopold1907 Biography of Adm Sir Leopold George Heath – JJ Heath-Caldwell family history website]

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