Arthur Howard Heath TD was a British industrialist, first-class cricketer, Rugby union international and Conservative Party politician.
16 Facts About Arthur Heath
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Arthur Heath was educated at Clifton College and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated MA.
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Arthur Heath was well known as a rugby player in the 1870s, representing Oxford University RFC against Cambridge in 1875,1877,1879, and 1880, and appearing for England against Scotland in 1876.
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Arthur Heath played for Gloucestershire, making his debut in 1875, just after leaving school.
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Arthur Heath was a double Blue and competed in the Varsity Match in rugby and in the University Match at cricket.
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Arthur Heath himself made 44 appearances at first-class level in all, scoring 969 runs and taking 26 wickets.
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Arthur Heath played for the county until 1898, being captain from 1884 to 1893 and leading the county team in its first ever Minor Counties Championship match.
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Arthur Heath was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Staffordshire Yeomanry on 18 August 1880.
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Arthur Heath was promoted lieutenant on an unknown date, and captain on 16 October 1886.
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Arthur Heath was promoted honorary major on 9 September 1896, honorary lieutenant-colonel on 12 July 1905, substantive lt-col, and commanding officer, on 7 April 1906, and honorary colonel on 31 May 1906.
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Arthur Heath was awarded the Territorial Decoration on 2 April 1909.
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Arthur Heath was involved in founding the Staffordshire Post in 1892, but this did not last long, with its parent company, The Staffordshire Potteries Newspaper Company, Ltd, wound up in 1896.
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The title was bought out by the Staffordshire Sentinel and Arthur Heath subsequently served as a director of that company, and later chairman, until the title was sold in 1928.
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Arthur Heath was elected as the 1900 general election as the Member of Parliament for the borough of Hanley in Staffordshire, having fought the seat unsuccessfully in 1892 and 1895.
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Arthur Heath did not stand again at the December 1910 general election.
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Arthur Heath died aged 73 on 24 April 1930, in Marylebone, London.