Arthur Raymond Heath (18 October 1854 – 8 June 1943)[1] was a BritishConservative politician.
He was born inMalta, son ofRoyal Navy Vice Admiral SirLeopold George Heath, of Anstie Grange, Holmwood,Surrey. He was educated in part atMarlborough College, followed byTrinity Hall, Cambridge, later moving toTrinity College, graduating in Law and History in 1876. He then became a barrister in London.[2]
He was elected to Parliament at the1886 general election as theConservative Member of Parliament forLouth, Lincolnshire.[3] In the1892 general election he was defeated by theLiberal Party candidateRobert Perks.
Heath was aJ.P for the counties ofOxfordshire and Lincolnshire.[2]
As his father had estates in Surrey, he settled there. After the outbreak ofWorld War I he commanded a section of SurreySpecial Constabulary. In 1917 he was appointed an officer commanding a platoon of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of theQueen's Royal West Surrey Regiment within theVolunteer Training Corps, serving until the disbandment of the force in 1919.[4]
He ultimately lived at Kitlands,Coldharbour, nearDorking, Surrey, where he died in 1943 aged 88.[2]
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