James Heath (1852-1942)
Sir James Heath (1852-1942) MP, ironmaster, of Robert Heath and Sons and Birchenwood Colliery Co
Son of Robert Heath
1881 Married (1) to 1881, Euphemia Celina, second daughter of Pieter Van-der-Byl, of Cape Town, South Africa, and of Elsenwood, Surrey. they had one daughter and one son
1892-1906 MP for North West Staffordshire
1904 Made a baronet, of Ashorne Hill
1924 Married (2) to Mrs Joy Nitch Smith, eldest daughter of John Hounsell, of Stillman Valley, Ogle County, Illinois, U.S.A. There were no children of this marriage, which was annulled at his petition in 1927
1927 Married (3) to Sophie Catherine Theresa Mary, previously Mrs Elliott Lynn, daughter of James Peirce-Evans, and better known during their marriage as Mary, Lady Heath (1896–1939), the Irish aviator.
1935 Married (4) to 1935, Dorothy Mary (born 1899), elder daughter of Christopher Mortimer Hodgson, of Beech, near Alton, Hampshire. She was 47 years his junior, but there were no children of this marriage.