Editing Edward Heath (section)

==Honours==
Heath received several accolades and honours.

===Coat of arms===
{{Emblem table
|image = [[File:Arms of Edward Heath.svg|centre|150px]]
|adopted =
|crest = Out of a Naval Coronet Or, a Swan close proper resting its foot on a closed Cup Or.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/wp-content/uploads/hs_thumbs/W-0308.jpg|title=Heath, Sir Edward KG Prime Minister|website=theheraldrysociety.com}}</ref>
|escutcheon = Per bend Purpure and Vert, over all a Bend grady Or, issuant in sinister chief a Cloud, irradiated proper, and in dexter base a Portcullis chained Or.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chesshyre |first=Hubert |url=https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/FR-Vol-7_1995-1996.pdf |title=The Friends of St. George's & Descendants of the Knights of the Garter Annual Review 1995–1996 |year=1996 |volume=VII |page=289 |access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>
|supporters = On the dexter Sea-Lion Or charged with a voided Escutcheon Vert and on the sinister a Horse Argent gorged with a Ducal Coronet Vert.<ref name="auto2"/>
|compartment =
|motto = '''Plus Fait Douceur Que Violence'''<br />''(lit. Sweetness does more than violence)''
|orders =
|badge =
|symbolism = The arms symbolise various parts of Heath's life. The bend grady represents the zig-zag pattern of the Royal Artillery tie, as well as Broadstairs, his birthplace. The green colour is for heath, while the purple is for heather, which refers to his surname. The cloud symbolises 'Morning Cloud', his yacht. The irradiations issuing from it symbolise entering the European communities. The portcullis is the symbol of Parliament and represents his career as a politician.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvuPAMuzek8 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/vvuPAMuzek8| archive-date=11 December 2021 | url-status=live|title=heraldry |last=John Dough |date=23 August 2015 |access-date=5 October 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The swan and the gold cup in the crest represent two livery companies: the [[Worshipful Company of Musicians]] (of which he was an honorary freeman) and the [[Goldsmiths' Company]] (of which he was a liveryman), respectively. Heath's captaincy of yachting teams is symbolised by the naval crown in the crest. The sea-lion and white horse supporters are both taken from the Kent county coat of arms, honouring the county that Heath was born in as well as the location of his parliamentary constituency. The voided escutcheon on the sea-lion's neck also appears in the arms of [[Balliol College]], Heath's alma mater. The horse is gorged with a ducal coronet, which refers to the crown in the arms of the [[Diocese of Salisbury]]. This symbolises the location of Heath's home in Salisbury. Heath's motto was taken from a motto that appeared on his clavichord.<ref name="auto2"/>
}}

===Honorary degrees and fellowships===
Heath was awarded a number of [[honorary degree]]s:
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Date !! School !! Honour(s)
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} ||align=center| '''1966''' || [[Royal College of Music]] || [[Fellow]] (FRCM)<ref>{{cite web|title=FRCM Recipients|work=[[Royal College of Music]]|access-date=19 April 2024 |url=https://www.rcm.ac.uk/about/historyofthercm/honoursandfellowships/Fellows%20list%202022.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} ||align=center| '''1971''' || [[University of Oxford]] || [[Doctor of Civil Law]] (DCL)<ref name=WW05/> 
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} ||align=center| '''1971''' || [[University of Bradford]] || [[Doctor of Technology]] (DTec)<ref name=WW05/>
|-
| {{flagu|USA}} ||align=center| '''1975''' || [[Westminster College (Utah)]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LLD)<ref name=WW05/>
|-
| {{flagu|France}} ||align=center| '''1976''' || [[University of Paris]] (Sorbonne) || Docteur<ref name=WW05/>
|-
| {{flagu|USA}} ||align=center| '''1981''' || [[Wesleyan College]] (Georgia) || [[Doctor of Public Administration|Dr of Public Administration]] (DPA)<ref name=WW05/>
|-
| {{flagu|USA}} ||align=center| '''1982''' || [[Westminster College (Missouri)]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (DL)<ref name=WW05/>
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} ||align=center| '''19 July 1985''' || [[University of Kent]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/governance/honorary-degrees/Past-Honorary-Degrees-Dec-2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006115151/http://www.kent.ac.uk/governance/honorary-degrees/Past-Honorary-Degrees-Dec-2014.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2015 |title=Honorary degrees conferred since 1966 |publisher=[[University of Kent]] |access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|Canada}} ||align=center| '''7 June 1991''' || [[University of Calgary]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucalgary.ca/pubs/calendar/current/who-honorary-degree-recipients.html |publisher=[[University of Calgary]] |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |access-date=26 August 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803090044/http://www.ucalgary.ca/pubs/calendar/current/who-honorary-degree-recipients.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/archiveshd&CISOPTR=1501&REC=16 |title=UofC Honorary Degree Recipients: Heath, Edward Richard |publisher=University of Calgary}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} ||align=center| '''1994''' || [[Goldsmiths, University of London]] || Honorary [[Fellow]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gold.ac.uk/honorary-graduates/g-n/ |title=GN, Goldsmiths, University of London |work=gold.ac.uk |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729221520/https://www.gold.ac.uk/honorary-graduates/g-n/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| {{flagu|USA}} ||align=center|'''1994''' || [[Bellarmine College]] (Kentucky) || [[Doctor of Laws]] (HLD)<ref name=WW05/>
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} ||align=center| '''21 June 1997''' || [[Open University]] || [[Doctor of the University]] (D.Univ)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.open.ac.uk/students/ceremonies/files/ceremonies/file/Doctor%20of%20the%20University%201973-2011.pdf |title=Honorary degree awards 1973–2011 |access-date=9 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213042428/http://www.open.ac.uk/students/ceremonies/files/ceremonies/file/Doctor%20of%20the%20University%201973-2011.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2013 |publisher=[[Open University]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|Wales}} ||align=center| '''1998''' || [[University of Wales]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wales.ac.uk/newpages/external/E1405.asp |title= Honorary degrees |publisher= [[University of Wales]] |access-date= 2 March 2007 |archive-date= 25 September 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060925060631/http://www.wales.ac.uk/newpages/external/e1405.asp |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} ||align=center| '''18 July 2001''' || [[University of Greenwich]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.gre.ac.uk/current-students/awards/grads-by-year?result_844025_result_page=10 |title=Honorary graduates of the University of Greenwich (by year graduated)|publisher=[[University of Greenwich]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} ||align=center| '''—''' || [[Royal College of Organists]] || [[Fellow]] (FRCO)<ref name=WW05/> 
|-
| {{flagu|Canada}} ||align=center| '''—''' || [[Royal Canadian College of Organists]] || Honorary [[Fellow]]<ref name=WW05/>
|}

===Awards===
[[File:Sir Edward Heath, miniature medals.jpg|thumb|250px|Heath's miniature medals]]
Including the year of award.
* [[Order of the Garter]] (1992)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52903 |page=7175 |date=24 April 1992}}</ref>
* [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]], Military Division (MBE) (1946)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* [[Mentioned in dispatches]] (1945)<ref name="auto1"/>
* [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (1993)<ref name=WW05/> 
* [[Order of the Aztec Eagle]] (1994)<ref name=WW05>{{cite book|title=[[Who's Who]] 2005 |year=2006|page=1004|publisher=[[A & C Black]] Publishers Ltd, London |isbn=0-7136-7010-X}}</ref>
* [[Order of the Rising Sun]], Grand Cordon (1998)<ref name=WW05/> 
* [[Bangladeshi honours system#Special Decorations|Bangladesh Liberation War Honour]] (''Bangladesh Muktijuddho Sanmanona'') (2012, [[posthumous award]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-228046 |title=Friends of Freedom Honoured |date=28 March 2012 |website=The Daily Star |access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>