John Heath (later John Duke)
John Heath , of Gittisham, near Honiton, Devon, was an English politician.
He was a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Honiton 1747–1754 and 1761–1768.
He changed his surname from Heath to Duke by a 1750 Act of Parliament, as a condition of the will of his uncle Richard Duke, at which point he inherited the Manor of Otterton in Devon.
He died on 3 November 1775 without any children, and the Duke estates passed to Robert Duke of Otterton, another nephew of Richard Duke.
