I'm English and didn't pick up on the reference! The guy was called Ted Heath: stick with Edward, Ed or Ned and there'll be no link at all for 99.9% of the population. And as Bubbaloo said, if he introduces himself as Edward Heath Berry and someone is actually aware of Ted Heath and the history, that's not going to be a bullying issue! Maybe a "did you know" but not a bullying issue.

Just trying to think of what the average person may know about Ted Heath... miner's strikes and the three-day week. Erm. The PM before Maggie Thatcher. Tory. Think he was a chancellor before he became PM? Something related to taxes, I think, as he was referenced in a Beatles song as trying to tax too much, Mr Heath along with Mr Wilson, but I don't know too much about that. A little before my time!