Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

1869

Julia Anna Harrison (ne Heath) - age 61/62  

Rev John Moore Heath - age 60/61  

Douglas Denon Heath - age 57/58 

Rev Dunbar Isidore Heath - age 52/53 

Emma Jane Whatman (ne Heath)- age 47/48 

Admiral Sir Leopold Heath – aged 51/ 52.

Lady Mary Heath – (ne Mary Emma Marsh) – aged 42/43

Arthur Raymond Heath - aged 14/15

Marion Heath – May – aged 13/14

Frederick Heath – (Gen. F.C. Heath-Caldwell) aged 10/ 11

Cuthbert Eden Heath - aged 9/10

Ada Randolph Heath - aged 8/9

Herbert Leopold Heath - aged 7/8

Gerard Moore Heath - aged 5/6

Anne Marsh-Caldwell – aged 77/78 – (1791-1874) (Lady Mary’s mother)

Eliza Louisa Marsh-Caldwell – known as Louisa – aged 50/51 of Linley Wood

Frances Mary Crofton (ne Heath) - 49/50

Georgina Marsh-Caldwell – Gies – aged 48/49 of Linley Wood

Rosamond Marsh-Caldwell – Posy – aged 45/46 of Linley Wood

Charles Darwin – aged 60

"Forte" at Sea, Lat. 17° 7' N. Long . 63° 28' E., April 5, 1869

Sir, 

I HAVE the honour to forward, for the information of their Lordships, a copy of some correspondence on the subject of the condition of slaves captured by our cruizers. 2. I bed to suggest that information as to the distribution and condition of slaves liberated in each year should be called for from the Mauritius, the Seychelles, Aden, and Bombay, and published in the Blue Books.

I have &c

(signed) L.G. Heath

The Weekly Dispatch

Saturday 9 January 1869

The Select Library of Fiction - Price Two Shillings per Volume.

The best, cheapest and most popular works published, well printed in clear, readable type, on good paper, and strongly bound. Containing the writings of the most popular Authors of the day. 110 - Emilia Wyndham - Mrs Marsh-Caldwell

Leamington Spa

Saturday 16 January 1869 (and 29 April 1869)

Clarendon Hotel

Mrs and Miss Marsh-Caldwell, Linley Wood, Cheshire. - - 

Inclusure 1 in No.2

The Secretary to Government, Bombay,

to Commodore

Sir L. Heath.

Sir,

I AM instructed to forward to you the inclosed copies of papers from the Political Resident at Aden, and to request that you will be so good as to favour Government with your remarks and suggestions on the important subject brought to notice by Sir E. Russell.

I have &c

(Signed) C. Gonne.

Inclosure 4 in No.2

Commodore Sir L. Heath to Sir S. Fitzgerald.

"Octavia," at Bombay, January 19, 1869

Right Hon. Sir,

IN reply to letter of the 13th instant from Mr. Secretary Gonne, and its enclosures from Sir E. Russell, on the subject of the disposal,&c., of captured slaves, I beg in the first place to inform your Excellency that the liberated slaves which Sir E. Russell expected to recieve have all been landed at the Seychelles.

2. With respect to the general question raised by Sir E. Russell in his dispatch of the 24th December last, I am unable to point out any port which could be substituted for that of Aden as a primary depot for liberated slaves,without diminishing to a serious extent the efficiency of the squadron employed in their liberation.

3. It is essential to the health of the crews of our men-of-war that captured slaves who are frequently diseased, and always most filthy in their personal habits, should be landed with as little delay as possible; and it is equally essential to the carrying out of the service with efficiency that the vessels should speedily return to their cruizing ground. For these purposes Seychelles towards the south, and Aden towards the north, are well suited, and one or the other is chosen by the Commander of the capturing.....(next page?) 

Edinburgh Evening Courant

Tuesday 2 February 1869

Mr Childers has recommended Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., to her Majesty the Queen for the post of naval aide-de-camp, rendered vacant by the promotion of Captain Shadwell to the rank of rear-admiral, and her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confirm the recommendation. 

Sir Leopold aws the senior naval officer during the late Abyssinian expedition.

Morning Post

Saturday 27 March 1869

Athletics in India

Seldom, if ever, has there been such a gathering on the Esplanade as was seen on Tuesday afternoon, when the east side of Rotten Row was crowded for nearly its entire length with an assemblage of all races and classes to witness the sports, the fame of which had spread over the island for some days before. 

 The idea of soliders and sailors games was originated during the late meeting of the Western India Turf Club, when a few gentlemen proposed to raise a fund for the purpose of affording some amusement for soldiers, European and native, the sailors in port, and othres.  - - - -

His Excellency Sir W.R. Vesey Fitzgerald K.C.S.I.,  his Excellency Lord Napier of Magdala K.C.B., G.C.S.I., and Commodore Sir Leopold Heath K.C.B., readily consented to become patrons of teh movement, and when the subscription list was opened rupees poured in plentifully.

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A large marquee had been erected within the Oval near the band-stand, with seats for the accommodation of ladies and gentlemen. This tent was filled by a gay assemblage, and was honoured by the presence of his Excellency the Governor, Lord Napier of Magdala, Sir Richard Couch, Chief Justice, Commodore Sir Leopold Heath besides members of council, judges, and other high officials.   - - - 

The sports commenced by trials of skill and strength in throwing the cricket-ball and putting the shot. Several natives entered the putting the 24-pounder contest, but though strong fellows, they had no chance beside the Europeans. The natives turned out strong in all the contests open to them,  - -- continues...

Leamington Spa

Saturday 1 May 1869

Clarendon Hotel

Mrs Marsh-Caldwell and Miss Marsh-Caldwell (Linley Wood, Cheshire)

Staffordshire Advertiser

Saturday 5 June 1869

Manchester Deaf and Dumb School - North Staffordshire Branch.

Miss Marsh-Caldwell begs to thank very sincerely all those who have kindly assisted her in the election of Edward Sumner to the Deaf and Dumb Schools.June 1st 1869



Staffordshire Sentinel 

Saturday 26 June 1869

A Bazaar will be held at Talke on the 6th and 7th of July next, under the patronage of:- The Countess of Egremont, Mrs Marsh-Caldwell, Mrs Kinnersley, Mrs Renaud, Miss Lawton, - - J.E. Heathcote Esq., Rev C.P. Wilbraham,  - - Rev. M.W. McHutchin,  - - Proceeds towards the New Organ Fund and Fund for Enlarging the Churchyard.

Birmingham Daily Gazette

Tuesday 26 October 1869

Burslem - Opening of a Free Library. 

The Free Library in the new Wedgwood Memorial Building was opened yestreday with a short ceremony, in which Mr J.E. Davis, the stipendiary magistrate, took the principal part. The inaugural ceremony was gone through in the free reading room, which is connected with the library, and which has been neatly fitted up for the purpose with a newsstand and several solid tables and forms. 

The reading room is adorned with portraits of the Wedgwood and other notabilities. The Chief Bailliff (Mr Watkin) briefly addressed the meeting, stating that a thousand volumes had been already presented to the library, and he expressed the hope that the number would soon be largely increased.  - - - 

In the course of his address Mr Davis mentioned the receipt of promises of works from Mrs Marsh-Caldwell; and Mr Raskin.  - - - continues

North British Agriculturist
17 November 1869

H.M.S. Forte, the flagship of SIr Leopold Heath, while cruising near Cape Guardafui, ran aground and did considerable damage to her keel. It is supposed that the Forte had been cruising in the many bays about the Cape in search of slave dhows, which find a refuge on the irregular shore.

The Star 

Tuesday 30 November 1869

Court Martial

The General Court Martial of Lieut. George Frederick Henry Rule, of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines, was resumed on Wednesday in the officers' mess room in the Marine Barracks at Chatham.

 - -  - - -"Lieutenant George F.H. Rule, of the Royal Marines, was recommended to me by Commodore Sir Leopold Heath for employment on shore at Zula during the Abyssinian Expedition, at a time when the services of officers were much required, and none were available with suitable qualifications from the land services. 

Morning Post.
Tuesday December 1869

The Suez Canal (Cairo Nov.23)

The Egyptian saturnalia are over; the Suez Canal is opened; the fetes have terminated; emperors, empresses, and princes are hurrying off to their respective dominions, or bend on fresh "impression de voyage:" the invitees, in thousands, are fleeing the country as if it had the plague; and before the end of the week Cairo will have resumed its normal indolent aspect, Alexandria will enjoy its accustomed repose on the shores of the Mediterranean, Ismailia will revert to its hitherto sterility and desolation, and Suez iwll be at peace.

All who have participated in the turmoil, confusion, and chequered fortunes of the last 10 days will hail a season of rest with pleasure. 

The Viceroy's guests will depart with a deep sense of his highness's princely liberality, but with a feeling of thankfulness that such invitations are so rare; kings and kaisers will welcome the privacy of their own palaces; the Egyptian State officials will breathe freely once more when all the troublesome foreigners have disappeared, and possible bow strings no longer menace their necks; railway employees will slumber undisturbed by visions of countless special trains and desparate crowds of exacting barbarian; and last, though not least, the Khedive himself will be intensely gratified to find that, on the whole, everything has turned out so well, and that he is now at liberty to repose after a round of anxious dissipation which would have tried the temper of any man, but which to an Oriental prince must have been especially irksome.

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The immense supper tent, in which covers were laid for 400, was besieged at an early hour, and the most curious scenes took place in the course of the evening, when hunger or gluttony got the better of good manners. I am thankful to say that I can exonerate our own countrymen from all participation in the unseemly struggle for food which ensued at one period of the evening. 

The menu is quite a curiosity in its way, and so I give it you in extenso. I did not remain long enough myself to ascertain if its brilliant and artistic promise was fullfilled. 

"Grand Soupee Donne a Ismailia, au Ball de L'Inauguration du Canal de L'Isthme de Suez, le 18 Novembre 1869"  - - continues. - -- 

I suppose not less than 4,000 persons must have partaken of this recherche banquet; and as not more than 200 ladies graced the ball with their presence, you may imagine the havoc made in the Khedive's larder and cellar.

Champagne, hock, burgundy, claret, and beer flowed like the Nile the whole evening, and, considering the mixed character of the company, it is surprising that so much decorum prevailed. 

Among the English visitors, I noticed Earl Dudley, Lord Houghton, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord George Pratt, Lord Carrington, Sir Alexander Milne, Sir Leopold Heath, Mr Elliot, Colonel Stanton,  - - &c, but anything like a list of the foreign visitors it was out of my power to obtain. 
The ball may be said to have been the culminating point of Ismail Pasha's hospitality, and it is appalling to think of the bill which will be presented to him when it is all over. 

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Among the numerous other vessels that have reached Suez in safety I may mention three English men-of-war - the Rapid, the Newport,and the Psyche, the latter conveying Mr Elliot, Sir Leopold Heath and Colonel Stanton.  - - -