Dr Benjamin Heath
Dr Benjamin Heath
Dr Benjamin Heath 1739-1817, Rector of Walkern 1781-1817
Benjamin was born in Exeter in 1739 the eldest of 13 children. His father, also Dr Benjamin Heath (1703-1766), was the Town Clerk of Exeter and an avid and well-known collector of rare books. Although originally destined for the Bar, Benjamin Snr inherited a vast fortune of
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So interested to read all this as a great great great nephew of Benjamin Heath. His brother George,
headmaster of Eton, was my great great great grandfather. George’s son, another Benjamin, was
Cambridge cox in the first Boat Race ( 1829 ).
I too am descended from this family. I am the great great great grand daughter of Benjamin’s brother Baron Heath through his daughter Henrietta who was born at Walkern.