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| Malkin, Benjamin Heath. Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, Sept. 30, 1813. [Eldest] s. of Benjamin Heath (above), of Bury St Edmunds. B. [Sept. 29, 1797], at Hackney, London. School, Bury St Edmunds. Matric. Michs. 1814; Scholar, 1816; B.A. (3rd Wrangler) 1818; M.A. 1821. Fellow, 1819. President of the Union, 1818. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May 30, 1818. Called to the Bar, Feb. 11, 1823. Recorder of Penang, 1832. Judge of the Supreme Court, Calcutta. Knighted. Married Elizabeth Whitethorne. Died Oct. 21, 1837, aged 40, at Calcutta. In St John's Church, Calcutta, there is a memorial with an inscription composed by Lord Macaulay, which describes Heath as 'a man eminently distinguished by his professional learning and ability, by the clearness and accuracy of his intellect, by diligence, by patience, by firmness, by love of truth, by public spirit, ardent and disinterested, yet always under the guidance of discretion, by rigid uprightness, by unostentatious [p.301] piety, by the serenity of his temper, and by the benevolence of his heart.' Brother of Arthur T. (1820) and the next and father of Herbert C. (1854). (Scott, MSS.; Inns of Court; G. Mag., 1838, I. 334.) | Benjamin Heath MALKIN Approx. lifespan: 1797–1837 pens. aged 17 Trinity College adm1813:09:30 Eldest s. of Benjamin Heath (above), of Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk], b. Hackney, London , 1797:09:29 School, Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk], Matric 1814:10MT: Scholar 1816 BA 3 rd Wrangler 1818 MA 1821 Fellow 1819 President of: : Cambridge Union Society 1818 Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1818:05:30 Called to the Bar: 1823:02:11 Recorder of: : Penang [1832 Judge of: : Supreme Court, Calcutta, [India], Knighted m. Elizabeth Whitethorne. d. 1837:10:21 aged 40, at Calcutta, [India], . In St John's Church, Calcutta, [India], , there is a memorial with an inscription composed by Lord Macaulay, which describes Heath as "a man eminently distinguished by his professional learning and ability, by the clearness and accuracy of his intellect, by diligence, by patience, by firmness, by love of truth, by public spirit, ardent and disinterested, yet always under the guidance of discretion, by rigid uprightness, by unostentatious piety, by the serenity of his temper, and by the benevolence of his heart." brother of Arthur T. (1820) and the next and father of Herbert C. (1854) (Scott, MSS.; Inns of Court ; G. Mag. 1838,I. 334) [add:]In Sept. 1831 he had already been engaged for ten years to Miss Elizabeth Whitehorne[:add] [add:]P.J. Barnwell: Romilly's Diary, 19 Sept. 1831[:add] |