Born: 30 November 1826 and died 20 December 1902.
Daughter of : Arthur Cuthbert Marsh (1786-1849) and Anne Marsh (Marsh-Caldwell, nee Caldwell) (1791-1874).
Sister of: 
1. Eliza Louisa Marsh-Caldwell (1818-1913).
2. Frances Mary Crofton (nee Marsh, 1819-1906) who married Maj Gen Richard Henry Crofton RA (1818-1897)
3. Georgina Amelia Marsh-Caldwell (1820-1900).
4. Rosamond Jane Marsh-Caldwell (1823-1911).
5. Arthur Marsh, who died an infant, August 1824.
6. Martin William James Marsh (1825-1846).
7. Hannah-Adelaide Loring (nee Marsh, 1828-1859) who married Edward Henry Loring (1823?-1879).
Mary married: Admiral Sir Leopold George Heath (1817-1907) son of George Heath (1779-1852) and Ann Raymond Heath (nee Dunbar) (1787-1842), 8 December 1853 at Malta.
Leopold and Mary had issue:
1. Arthur Raymond Heath (1854-1943) who married Flora Jean Baxter.
2. Marion Emma Crofton (nee Heath, then Cotton) (1856-1949) who married 1st Alfred Fox Cotton, 2nd Richard Martin Crofton.
3. Maj Gen Frederic Crofton Heath-Caldwell (1858-1945) who married Constance Mary Helsham Helsham-Jones (1869-1957).
4. Cuthbert Eden Heath (1859-1939) Insurance Businessman who married Sarah Caroline Gore Gambier.
5. Ada Randolf Broadwood (nee Heath) (1860-1957) who married HJT Broadwood (1856-1911).
6. Admiral Sir Herbert Leopold Heath (1861-1954) who married Elizabeth Catherine Simson.
7. Major-General Sir Gerard Moore Heath (1863-1929) who married Mary Egerton.

Mary Emma, Lady Heath (nee Marsh): An Overview

We know about Mary mainly from the book "Records of the Heath Family" by George Heath, 1913.  This gives a comprehensive account of her husband's life and her children's lives.  Little is said about her but there is a portrait showing what she looks like.  We also have a number of family letters from the 1840s which give brief mention of her.

This portrait shows Mary in her later years.  It is possibly a copy and is not the orginal.  If anyone on the webs knows the where abouts of the original of this portrait I would be very pleased to hear from you.

I hope to write up some information here soon.

If you have any information to add to what is listed please contact me on jj@jjhc.info
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