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| Leopold George Heath R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of George Heath (1779-1852) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 18 November 1817 | Born (London) | ||
| 8 December 1853 | Married, at Malta, Mary Emma (died 1902), daughter of Cuthbert Marsh, of Eastbury, Herts | ||
| 25 July 1855 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) | ||
| 14 August 1868 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 1897 | Published 'Letters from the Black Sea during the Crimean War, 1854-55'. | ||
| 7 May 1907 | Died (at Holmwood, Dorking) | ||
| Family website | |||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| September 1830 | Entered Royal Naval College | ||
| 23 December 1840 | Lieutenant | ||
| 3 August 1847 | Commander | ||
| 13 November 1854 | Captain | ||
| 20 December 1871 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 12 February 1873 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 16 September 1877 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 24 December 1840 | 8 June 1842 | Lieutenant in Impregnable, commanded by Captain Thomas Forrest, Mediterranean | |
| 19 October 1843 | 7 June 1847 | Lieutenant in Iris, commanded by Captain George Rodney Mundy, East Indies | |
| 8 January 1847 | 17 March 1847 | Act. Lieutenant commander in Wolf, East Indies | |
| 18 March 1847 | 5 August 1847 | Lieutenant in Iris, commanded by Captain George Rodney Mundy, East Indies | |
| 9 July 1850 | 18 November 1854 | Commander in Niger (from commissioning at Portsmouth), west coast of Africa, then (end of 1852) Mediterranean (and in 1854 the Black Sea during the Russian War, Heath being beach-master at Eupatoria during the landing)1) | |
| 19 November 1854 | 25 February 1855 | Acting Captain in Sans Pareil, Black Sea during the Russian War | |
| 26 February 1855 | 6 October 1855 | Additional captain in Triton, commanded by Lieutenant and commander Archibald Douglas William Fletcher, Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War, Captain of the port of Balaclava | |
| 1 November 1855 | 27 September 1856 | Captain in Seahorse (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Plymouth), fitting at Devonport, then (June 1956) troop transport from Constantinople | |
| 17 December 1856 | 28 February 1857 | Captain in Melampus, Coast guard service, Southampton water (ship's log) | |
| 1 March 1858 | 21 August 1859 | Captain in Arrogant (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Coast guard service, Southampton water (ship's log) | |
| 23 August 1859 | January 1861 | Captain in Dauntless, Coast Guard, Southampton water (ship's log) Tenders: Argus, Active and Mermaid | |
| 1 April 1862 | 20 April 1863 | Captain in Cambridge, gunnery ship, Devonport | |
| April 1863 | June 1867 | Vice-President of the Ordnance Select Committee at Woolwich | |
| 29 July 1867 | 16 September 1867 | Commodore in Octavia, Commander-in-chief, East Indies | |
| 26 January 1869 | 6 September 1870 | Commodore in Forte, Commander-in-chief, East Indies | |
| December 1870 | 20 December 1871 | Served on a Committee for torpedo defence | |
| 1) | In the early part of the Russian War Niger was employed in the blocade of the Russian Black Sea coast, but then accompanied the expeditionary force to the Crimea, where Heath acted as beach master at Eupatoria during the landing on 14 September and subsequent days. At the bombardment of Sevastopol on 17 October, Niger towed London into action, being lashed to her off-shore side; her men worked London's upper-deck geuns, 200 of that ship's crew having been landed with the naval brigade. |
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