Mark Heath

Sir Mark Evelyn Heath
United Kingdom Ambassador to the Holy See
In office 1982–1985
Succeeded by	David Lane
Personal details
Born	27 May 1927 England
Died	28 September 2005 (aged 78) Bath, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Margaret Bragg
Relations	Lawrence Bragg (father-in-law)
Children	Nicholas (b. 1956), Clare (b. 1957), William (b. 1959)
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge
Religion	Anglican

Sir Mark Evelyn Heath KCVO CMG (27 May 1927 – 28 September 2005), a British diplomat, was Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See (1980–82), and the first Ambassador to the Holy See (1982–85).

Heath was born at Emsworth, Hampshire, the son of Commander John Moore Heath and Hilary Heath (née Salter). He was the great-great-great-grandson of James Heath, the eighteenth-century engraver and associate member of the Royal Academy. Heath was educated first at Marlborough College and then at the University of Cambridge, where he read history. During World War II he served on minesweepers with the RNVR. He joined the Foreign Office in 1950.

In 1962, he was appointed as British Consul to Bulgaria. While there, his considerable height (he stood 6 ft 8in tall) caused the visiting Soviet premiere, Nikita Khruschev to embrace him and remark that he would have made a fine Communist. Sir Mark was Head of the Commodities Department from 1970 to 1971. He served as Counsellor with the OECD from 1971 to 1974, and then as the Head of the West African Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1975 to 1978. He also held postings in Indonesia, Denmark, Canada and France.

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