{{Use British English|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox prime minister |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |name = Sir Edward Heath |birthname = Edward Richard George Heath |honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KG|MBE}} |image = Heathdod.JPG |caption = |office = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] |term_start = 19 June 1970 |term_end = 4 March 1974 |monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] |predecessor = [[Harold Wilson]] |successor = Harold Wilson |office1 = [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] |term_start1 = 4 March 1974 |term_end1 = 11 February 1975 |monarch1 = [[Elizabeth II]] |primeminister1 = [[Harold Wilson]] |predecessor1 = Harold Wilson |successor1 = [[Margaret Thatcher]] |term_start2 = 28 July 1965 |term_end2 = 19 June 1970 |monarch2 = Elizabeth II |primeminister2 = Harold Wilson |predecessor2 = [[Alec Douglas-Home|Sir Alec Douglas-Home]] |successor2 = Harold Wilson |office3 = [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader of the Conservative Party]] |predecessor3 = Sir Alec Douglas-Home |successor3 = Margaret Thatcher |term_start3 = 28 July 1965 |term_end3 = 11 February 1975 |office4 = [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer]] |leader4 = Sir Alec Douglas-Home |term_start4 = 27 October 1964 |term_end4 = 27 July 1965 |predecessor4 = [[Reginald Maudling]] |successor4 = [[Iain Macleod]] |office5 = [[President of the Board of Trade]] |term_start5 = 20 October 1963 |term_end5 = 16 October 1964 |primeminister5 = Sir Alec Douglas-Home |predecessor5 = [[Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale|Fred Erroll]] |successor5 = [[Douglas Jay, Baron Jay|Douglas Jay]] |office6 = [[Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy|Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development]] |term_start6 = 20 October 1963 |term_end6 = 16 October 1964 |primeminister6 = Sir Alec Douglas-Home |predecessor6 = Position created |successor6 = Position abolished |office7 = [[Lord Privy Seal]] |term_start7 = 14 February 1960 |term_end7 = 18 October 1963 |primeminister7 = [[Harold Macmillan]] |predecessor7 = [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|The Viscount Hailsham]] |successor7 = [[Selwyn Lloyd]] |office8 = [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour]] |term_start8 = 14 October 1959 |term_end8 = 27 July 1960 |primeminister8 = Harold Macmillan |predecessor8 = Iain Macleod |successor8 = [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]] |office9 = [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury]]<br />[[Chief Whip|Government Chief Whip]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] |term_start9 = 7 April 1955 |term_end9 = 14 June 1959 |primeminister9 = {{Ublist|[[Anthony Eden|Sir Anthony Eden]]|Harold Macmillan}} |predecessor9 = [[Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes|Patrick Buchan-Hepburn]] |successor9 = [[Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne of Rushcliffe|Martin Redmayne]] |office10 = [[Father of the House]] |term_start10 = 9 April 1992 |term_end10 = 7 June 2001 |predecessor10 = [[Bernard Braine]] |successor10 = [[Tam Dalyell]] |office11 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br/ >for [[Old Bexley and Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)|Old Bexley and Sidcup]]<br/ >{{small|[[Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)|Sidcup]] (1974–1983)<br/ >[[Bexley (UK Parliament constituency)|Bexley]] (1950–1974)}} |term_start11 = 23 February 1950 |term_end11 = 7 June 2001 |predecessor11 = [[Ashley Bramall]] |successor11 = [[Derek Conway]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1916|7|9|}} |birth_place = [[Broadstairs]], [[Kent]], UK |death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|7|17|1916|7|9|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Salisbury]], [[Wiltshire]], UK |resting_place = [[Salisbury Cathedral]] |alma_mater = [[Balliol College, Oxford]] |profession = {{Hlist|[[Civil servant]]|[[Classical music|classical]] [[organist]]|[[journalist]]|[[politician]]|[[yachtsman]]|}} |nationality = British |religion = [[Church of England|Anglican]] |party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |signature = Signature of Edward Heath.png |allegiance = {{Flagu|United Kingdom}} |branch = {{Army|United Kingdom}} |unit = [[Royal Artillery]] <br /> [[Honourable Artillery Company]] |rank = [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] |battles = [[Second World War]] |mawards = [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]], Military Division <br /> [[Mentioned in Dispatches]] }}