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'''Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary''' is a junior [[officer of arms]] of the [[College of Arms]]. He is said to be the oldest of the four [[pursuivant]]s in ordinary. The office is named after [[St George's Cross]] which has been a symbol of [[England]] since the time of the [[Crusades]].
'''Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary''' is a junior [[officer of arms]] of the [[College of Arms]]. He is said to be the oldest of the four [[pursuivant]]s in ordinary. The office is named after [[St George's Cross]] which has been a symbol of [[England]] since the time of the [[Crusades]].


The current Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is John Michael Allen-Petrie, [[MSc]] ([[London School of Economics|LSE]]).
The current Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is Thomas Johnston. He took part in the Royal Procession at the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|2023 Coronation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Coronation order of service in full |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>



==Holders of the office==
==Holders of the office==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60%"
''Brackets indicate a date or approximate date for which there is evidence that the named person was holder of this office. The reigning monarch is given if the date is not known more precisely.''
!Arms
! style="width:55%" |Name
! style="width:30%" |Date of appointment
! style="width:5%" |Ref
|-
|
|Nicholas Serby
|([[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]])
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of William Boys.svg|70px]]
|Richard Boys
|(Henry IV)
|
|-
|
|Giles Waster
|([[Henry V of England|Henry V]])
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Roger Legh (or Lygh).svg|70px]]
|Roger Legh or Lygh
|(Henry V)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Wrythe.svg|70px]]
|[[John Writhe]]
|(Henry V)
|
|-
|
|John Mowbray
|(1422)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Ashwell.svg|70px]]
|Robert Ashwell
|(Henry VI)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of James Billett.svg|70px]]
|James Billett
|(Henry VI)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Roger Mallett.svg|70px]]
|John Mallett
|(Henry VI)
|
|-
|
|Robert Dunham
|(Henry VI)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Ashwell.svg|70px]]
|Richard Ashwell
|(Henry VI)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Ballard.svg|70px]]
|John Ballard
|(Henry VI)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir Thomas Holme.svg|70px]]
|Thomas Holme
|(Henry VI)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Thomas More (herald).svg|70px]]
|John More
|(Henry VI)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Christopher Carlill.svg|70px]]
|William Carlill
|([[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]])
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Roger Stamford.svg|70px]]
|Roger Stamford
|(Edward IV)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Richard Slacke.svg|70px]]
|Richard Slacke
|(Edward IV)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Water.svg|70px]]
|John Water or Walter
|(Edward IV)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Thomas Benolt.svg|70px]]
|Thomas Benolt
|(Edward IV)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Water.svg|70px]]
|Thomas Waters
|(Edward IV)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Thomas and Robert Browne.svg|70px]]
|Robert Browne
|(Edward IV)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of William Jennings.svg|70px]]
|William Jenyns
|(Edward IV)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Thomas Tonge.svg|70px]]
|Thomas Tonge
|(Edward IV)
|
|-
|
|George Berry
|(1484)
|
|-
|
|Richard Greenwood
|(1485)
|
|-
|
|(name unknown)
|(1492)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Wrythe.svg|70px]]
|[[William Wriothesley]]
|1505–1509
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Thomas Hawley.svg|70px]]
|[[Thomas Hawley]]
|1509–1515
|
|-
|
|Laurence de la Gatta
|1515–1520
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Thomas Wall (Garter).svg|70px]]
|Thomas Wall
|1521–1521
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Wrythe.svg|70px]]
|[[Charles Wriothesley]]
|1524–1535
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Bartholomew Butler.svg|70px]]
|Bartholomew Butler
|1535–1538
|
|-
|
|Thomas Stevenson
|1538–1540
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg|70px]]
|[[Gilbert Dethick]]
|1540–1541
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir Christopher Barker.svg|70px]]
|Justinian Barker
|1541–1543
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of William Flower.svg|70px]]
|[[William Flower (officer of arms)|William Flower]]
|1543–1546
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Lawrence Dalton.svg|70px]]
|[[Lawrence Dalton]]
|1546–1547
|
|-
|
|Simon Newbald
|([[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]])
|
|-
|
|Nicholas Tubman
|1551–1553
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Hugh Cotgrave.svg|70px]]
|Henry Cotgrove
|1553–1566
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg|70px]]
|[[William Dethick]]
|1566–1569
|
|-
|
|Thomas Dawes
|1569–1580
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Ralph Brooke.svg|70px]]
|[[Ralph Brooke]]
|1580–1592
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Thomas Knight.svg|70px]]
|Thomas Knight
|1592–1604
|
|-
|
|[[William Wyrley]]
|1604–1619
|
|-
|
|[[John Guillim]]
|1619–1621
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Augustine Vincent.svg|70px]]
|[[Augustine Vincent]]
|1621–1624
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Bradshaw.svg|70px]]
|John Bradshaw
|1624–1626
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of George Owen of Henllys.svg|70px]]
|[[George Owen (herald)|George Owen]]
|1626–1637
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir Edward Walker.svg|70px]]
|[[Edward Walker (officer of arms)|Edward Walker]]
|1637–1638
|
|-
|
|Henry Lilly
|1638–1639
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir William Dugdale.svg|70px]]
|[[William Dugdale]]
|1639–?
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Robert Browne.svg|70px]]
|Robert Browne
|(intruded)
|
|-
|
|Everard Exton
|(intruded)
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick.svg|70px]]
|Henry Dethick, [[Esquire|Esq]].
|1660–1677
|
|-
|
|Henry Ball
|1677–1686
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Charles Mawson.svg|70px]]
|Charles Mawson
|1686–1688
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Samuel Stebbing.svg|70px]]
|Samuel Stebbing
|1688–?
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Peter Le Neve.svg|70px]]
|[[Peter Le Neve]]
|([[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]])
|
|-
|
|John Bound
|(Anne)
|
|-
|
|Richard Graham
|1722–1725
|
|-
|
|John Pomfret
|1725–1751
|
|-
|
|Alexander Cozens
|1751–1752
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Henry Hastings.svg|70px]]
|Henry Hastings
|1752?–1773
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Charles Brooke.svg|70px]]
|John Charles Brooke, Esq., [[Society of Antiquaries of London|FSA]]
|1773–1777
|
|-
|
|Francis Townsend
|1777–1784
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=11849 |page=1 |date=14 February 1778 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of Edmund Atkinson.svg|70px]]
|John Atkinson
|1784–1794
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Joseph Hawker.svg|70px]]
|Joseph Hawker
|1794–1803
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=13642 |page=344 |date=15 April 1794 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|
|William Radclyffe
|1803–1823
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=15586 |page=605 |date=21 May 1803 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of Robert Laurie.svg|70px]]
|Robert Laurie
|1823–1839
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=17948 |page= 1325 |date=12 August 1823 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of William Courthope.svg|70px]]
|[[William Courthope (officer of arms)|William Courthope]]
|1839–1854
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=19702 |page=190 |date=1 February 1839 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of James Robinson Planché.svg|70px]]
|[[James Planché|James Robinson Planché]]
|1854–1866
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=21521 |page=427 |date=14 February 1854 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of John von Sonntag de Havilland.svg|70px]]
|[[John de Havilland (officer of arms)|John von Sonnentag de Havilland]]
|1866–1872
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23152 |page=4593 |date=17 August 1866 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of Stephen Isaacson Tucker.svg|70px]]
|Stephen Isaacson Tucker
|1872–1880
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23895 |page=3969 |date=10 September 1872 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir John Bernard Burke.svg|70px]]
|[[Henry Farnham Burke|Sir Henry Farnham Burke]], [[Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]], FSA
|1880–1887
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=24877 |page=4677 |date=27 August 1880 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of George William Marshall.svg|70px]]
|[[George William Marshall]], Esq., [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]], FSA
|1887–1904
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25736 |page=4825 |date=6 September 1887 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir Arthur Cochrane.svg|70px]]
|[[Arthur Cochrane (officer of arms)|Sir Arthur William Stuart Cochrane]], KCVO
|1904–1915
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27712 |page=5839 |date=9 September 1904 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of Archibald Russell.svg|70px]]
|[[Archibald Russell (officer of arms)|Archibald George Blomefield Russell]], Esq., [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]], FSA
|1915–1922
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29364 |page=11186 |date=12 November 1915 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of Henry Robert Charles Martin.svg|70px]]
|[[Henry Robert Charles Martin]], Esq., FSA
|1922–1928
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32717 |page=4328 |date=6 June 1922 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|
|[[Philip Kerr (officer of arms)|Philip Walter Kerr]], Esq., [[Royal Victorian Order|MVO]], FSA
|1928–1941
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of John Riddell Bromhead Walker.svg|70px]]
|[[John Walker (officer of arms)|John Riddell Bromhead Walker]], Esq., CVO, [[Military Cross|MC]]
|1947–1954
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Sir Walter Verco.svg|70px]]
|[[Walter Verco|Sir Walter John George Verco]], KCVO
|1954–1960
|
|-
|[[File:Arms of Rodney Onslow Dennys.svg|70px]]
|[[Rodney Dennys]], Esq., CVO, [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], FSA
|1961–1967
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=42432 |page=5852 |date=8 August 1961 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Arms of David Hubert Boothby Chesshyre.svg|70px]]
|[[Hubert Chesshyre|(David) Hubert Boothby Chesshyre]], Esq., FSA<br>


|1970–1978
*([[Henry IV of England|Hen IV]]) Nicholas Serby
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47659 |page=11997 |date=9 October 1978 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
* (Hen IV) Richard Boys
|-
*([[Henry V of England|Hen V]]) Giles Waster
|[[File:Arms of Thomas Woodcock.svg|70px]]
* (Hen V) Roger Legh or Lygh
|[[Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms)|Sir Thomas Woodcock]], [[Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]], FSA
* (Hen V) [[John Writhe]]
|1978–1982
*(1422) John Mowbray
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47661 |page=12091 |date=12 October 1978 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
* (Hen VI) Robert Ashwell
|-
* (Hen VI) James Billett
|[[File:Arms of Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld.svg|70px]]
* (Hen VI) John Mallett
|Sir [[Henry Paston-Bedingfeld|Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld]], Bt.
* (Hen VI) Robert Dunham
|1983–1993
* (Hen VI) Richard Ashwell
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49291 |page=3737 |date=17 March 1983 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
* (Hen VI) John Ballard
|-
* (Hen VI) Thomas Holme
|[[File:Arms of David Vines White.svg|70px]]
* (Hen VI) John More
|[[David White (officer of arms)|David Vines White]], Esq.
*([[Edward IV of England|Edw IV]]) William Carlill
|1995–2004
* (Edw IV) Roger Stanford
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 54252 |page=17450 |date=28 December 1995 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
* (Edw IV) Richard Slacke
|-
* (Edw IV) John Water or Walter
|[[File:Arms of John Michael Allen-Petrie.svg|70px]]
* (Edw IV) Thomas Benolt
|[[John Allen-Petrie|John Michael Allen-Petrie]], Esq., OBE
* (Edw IV) Thomas Waters
|2013–2019
* (Edw IV) Robert Browne
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60665 |page=20913 |date=23 October 2013 |nolink=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/87-new-rouge-croix-pursuivant-appointed |title=New Rouge Croix Pursuivant appointed |publisher=College of Arms |access-date=2016-01-23}}</ref>
* (Edw IV) William Jenyns
|-
* (Edw IV) Thomas Tonge
|
*(1484) George Berry
|Thomas Andrew Johnston, Esq.
*(1485) Richard Greenwood
|2023–present
*(1492) (name unknown)
|<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63979 |page=3638 |date=24 February 2023 |nolink=yes }}</ref>
*1505-1509 [[William Wriothesley]]
|-
*1509-1515 [[Thomas Hawley]]
|}
*1515-1520 Laurence de la Gatta
*1521-1521 Thomas Wall
*1524-1535 [[Charles Wriothesley]]
*1535-1538 Bartholomew Butler
*1538-1540 Thomas Stevenson
*1540-1541 [[Gilbert Dethick]]
*1541-1543 Justinian Barker
*1543-1546 [[William Flower (officer of arms)|William Flower]]
*1546-1547 [[Lawrence Dalton]]
*([[Edward VI of England|Edw VI]]) Simon Newbald
*1551-1553 Nicholas Tubman
*1553-1566 Henry Cotgrove
*1566-1569 [[William Dethick]]
*1569-1580 Thomas Dawes
*1580-1592 [[Ralph Brooke]]
*1592-1604 Thomas Knight
*1604-1619 William Wyrley
*1619-1621 [[John Guillim]]
*1621-1624 [[Augustine Vincent]]
*1624-1626 John Bradshaw
*1626-1637 [[George Owen (herald)|George Owen]]
*1637-1638 [[Edward Walker (officer of arms)|Edward Walker]]
*1638-1639 Henry Lilly
*1639- [[William Dugdale]]
*(intruded) Robert Browne
*(intruded) Everard Exton
*1660-1677 Henry Dethick, [[Esquire|Esq]].
*1677-1686 Henry Ball
*1686-1688 Charles Mawson
*1688- Samuel Stebbing
*([[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Anne]]) [[Peter Le Neve]]
*(Anne) John Bound
*1722-1725 Richard Graham
*1725-1751 John Pomfret
*1751-1752 Alexander Cozens
*1752?-1773 Henry Hastings
*1773-1777 John Charles Brooke, Esq., [[Society of Antiquaries of London|FSA]]
*1777-1784 Francis Townsend
*1784-1794 John Atkinson
*1794-1803 Joseph Hawker
*1803-1823 William Radclyffe
*1823-1839 Robert Laurie
*1839-1854 [[William Courthope (officer of arms)|William Courthope]]
*1854-1866 [[James Planché|James Robinson Planché]]
*1866-1872 [[John de Havilland (officer of arms)|John von Sonnentag de Havilland]]
*1872-1880 Stephen Isaacson Tucker
*1880-1887 [[Henry Burke|Sir Henry Farnham Burke]], [[Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]], FSA
*1887-1904 [[George William Marshall]], Esq., [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]], FSA
*1904-1915 [[Arthur Cochrane|Sir Arthur William Stuart Cochrane]], KCVO
*1915-1922 [[Archibald Russell (officer of arms)|Archibald George Blomefield Russell]], Esq., [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]], FSA
*1922-1928 [[Henry Robert Charles Martin]], Esq., FSA
*1928-1941 [[Philip Kerr (officer of arms)|Philip Walter Kerr]], Esq., [[Royal Victorian Order|MVO]], FSA
*1947-1954 [[John Walker (officer of arms)|John Riddell Bromhead Walker]], Esq., CVO, [[Military Cross|MC]]
*1954-1960 [[Walter Verco|Sir Walter John George Verco]], KCVO
*1961-1967 [[Rodney Dennys]], Esq., CVO, [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], FSA
*1970-1978 [[Hubert Chesshyre|(David) Hubert Boothby Chesshyre]], Esq., CVO, FSA
*1978-1982 [[Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms)|Thomas Woodcock]], Esq., [[Royal Victorian Order|LVO]], FSA
*1983-1993 Sir [[Henry Paston-Bedingfeld|Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld]], Bt.
*1995-2004 [[David White (officer of arms)|David Vines White]], Esq.
* 2013–present John Michael Allen-Petrie, Esq.


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
<references/>

==Further reading==
* ''The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street : being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee'', Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by Sir [[Anthony Wagner]], with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. Stanford London, (London, 1963)
* ''The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street : being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee'', Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by Sir [[Anthony Wagner]], with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. Stanford London, (London, 1963)
* ''A History of the College of Arms &c'', [[Mark Noble (biographer)|Mark Noble]], (London, 1804)
* ''A History of the College of Arms &c'', [[Mark Noble (biographer)|Mark Noble]], (London, 1804)

Latest revision as of 19:22, 16 July 2024

Rouge Croix Pursuivant
The heraldic badge of Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
 
Heraldic traditionGallo-British
JurisdictionEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Governing bodyCollege of Arms

Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms. He is said to be the oldest of the four pursuivants in ordinary. The office is named after St George's Cross which has been a symbol of England since the time of the Crusades.

The current Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is Thomas Johnston. He took part in the Royal Procession at the 2023 Coronation.[1]


Holders of the office

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Arms Name Date of appointment Ref
Nicholas Serby (Henry IV)
Richard Boys (Henry IV)
Giles Waster (Henry V)
Roger Legh or Lygh (Henry V)
John Writhe (Henry V)
John Mowbray (1422)
Robert Ashwell (Henry VI)
James Billett (Henry VI)
John Mallett (Henry VI)
Robert Dunham (Henry VI)
Richard Ashwell (Henry VI)
John Ballard (Henry VI)
Thomas Holme (Henry VI)
John More (Henry VI)
William Carlill (Edward IV)
Roger Stamford (Edward IV)
Richard Slacke (Edward IV)
John Water or Walter (Edward IV)
Thomas Benolt (Edward IV)
Thomas Waters (Edward IV)
Robert Browne (Edward IV)
William Jenyns (Edward IV)
Thomas Tonge (Edward IV)
George Berry (1484)
Richard Greenwood (1485)
(name unknown) (1492)
William Wriothesley 1505–1509
Thomas Hawley 1509–1515
Laurence de la Gatta 1515–1520
Thomas Wall 1521–1521
Charles Wriothesley 1524–1535
Bartholomew Butler 1535–1538
Thomas Stevenson 1538–1540
Gilbert Dethick 1540–1541
Justinian Barker 1541–1543
William Flower 1543–1546
Lawrence Dalton 1546–1547
Simon Newbald (Edward VI)
Nicholas Tubman 1551–1553
Henry Cotgrove 1553–1566
William Dethick 1566–1569
Thomas Dawes 1569–1580
Ralph Brooke 1580–1592
Thomas Knight 1592–1604
William Wyrley 1604–1619
John Guillim 1619–1621
Augustine Vincent 1621–1624
John Bradshaw 1624–1626
George Owen 1626–1637
Edward Walker 1637–1638
Henry Lilly 1638–1639
William Dugdale 1639–?
Robert Browne (intruded)
Everard Exton (intruded)
Henry Dethick, Esq. 1660–1677
Henry Ball 1677–1686
Charles Mawson 1686–1688
Samuel Stebbing 1688–?
Peter Le Neve (Anne)
John Bound (Anne)
Richard Graham 1722–1725
John Pomfret 1725–1751
Alexander Cozens 1751–1752
Henry Hastings 1752?–1773
John Charles Brooke, Esq., FSA 1773–1777
Francis Townsend 1777–1784 [2]
John Atkinson 1784–1794
Joseph Hawker 1794–1803 [3]
William Radclyffe 1803–1823 [4]
Robert Laurie 1823–1839 [5]
William Courthope 1839–1854 [6]
James Robinson Planché 1854–1866 [7]
John von Sonnentag de Havilland 1866–1872 [8]
Stephen Isaacson Tucker 1872–1880 [9]
Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA 1880–1887 [10]
George William Marshall, Esq., LLD, FSA 1887–1904 [11]
Sir Arthur William Stuart Cochrane, KCVO 1904–1915 [12]
Archibald George Blomefield Russell, Esq., CVO, FSA 1915–1922 [13]
Henry Robert Charles Martin, Esq., FSA 1922–1928 [14]
Philip Walter Kerr, Esq., MVO, FSA 1928–1941
John Riddell Bromhead Walker, Esq., CVO, MC 1947–1954
Sir Walter John George Verco, KCVO 1954–1960
Rodney Dennys, Esq., CVO, OBE, FSA 1961–1967 [15]
(David) Hubert Boothby Chesshyre, Esq., FSA
 1970–1978 [16]
Sir Thomas Woodcock, KCVO, FSA 1978–1982 [17]
Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, Bt. 1983–1993 [18]
David Vines White, Esq. 1995–2004 [19]
John Michael Allen-Petrie, Esq., OBE 2013–2019 [20][21]
Thomas Andrew Johnston, Esq. 2023–present [22]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ^ "No. 11849". The London Gazette. 14 February 1778. p. 1.
  3. ^ "No. 13642". The London Gazette. 15 April 1794. p. 344.
  4. ^ "No. 15586". The London Gazette. 21 May 1803. p. 605.
  5. ^ "No. 17948". The London Gazette. 12 August 1823. p. 1325.
  6. ^ "No. 19702". The London Gazette. 1 February 1839. p. 190.
  7. ^ "No. 21521". The London Gazette. 14 February 1854. p. 427.
  8. ^ "No. 23152". The London Gazette. 17 August 1866. p. 4593.
  9. ^ "No. 23895". The London Gazette. 10 September 1872. p. 3969.
  10. ^ "No. 24877". The London Gazette. 27 August 1880. p. 4677.
  11. ^ "No. 25736". The London Gazette. 6 September 1887. p. 4825.
  12. ^ "No. 27712". The London Gazette. 9 September 1904. p. 5839.
  13. ^ "No. 29364". The London Gazette. 12 November 1915. p. 11186.
  14. ^ "No. 32717". The London Gazette. 6 June 1922. p. 4328.
  15. ^ "No. 42432". The London Gazette. 8 August 1961. p. 5852.
  16. ^ "No. 47659". The London Gazette. 9 October 1978. p. 11997.
  17. ^ "No. 47661". The London Gazette. 12 October 1978. p. 12091.
  18. ^ "No. 49291". The London Gazette. 17 March 1983. p. 3737.
  19. ^ "No. 54252". The London Gazette. 28 December 1995. p. 17450.
  20. ^ "No. 60665". The London Gazette. 23 October 2013. p. 20913.
  21. ^ "New Rouge Croix Pursuivant appointed". College of Arms. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  22. ^ "No. 63979". The London Gazette. 24 February 2023. p. 3638.

Further reading

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  • The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street : being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee, Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by Sir Anthony Wagner, with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. Stanford London, (London, 1963)
  • A History of the College of Arms &c, Mark Noble, (London, 1804)
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