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ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY:
A grant of Arms and Crest was made to this
long-established body by Letters Patent of Garter,
Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms dated
10 May 2010. The
Society, which was founded in 1840, runs several
musical ensembles including the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, and also runs the Royal
Philharmonic Hall. The blazon is as follows:
Arms: Argent on a Fess between two Bars engrailed
Azure a Bar engrailed Argent in Chief a Lion Passant
Gules armed and langued Azure.
Crest: Upon a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Azure In
front of a demi Sun in Splendour Or a Liver Bird
wings elevated and inverted Sable beaked Or holding
in the beak a Clarion also Gold Mantled Azure
doubled Argent.
College reference: Grants 175/78.
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to the twenty-eighth edition of the College of Arms
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 Sir
Winston Churchill, KG, OM, CH:
January saw the 46th anniversary of the death and funeral
of Sir Winston Churchill, who died on 24 January 1965. Footage of
the State Funeral of 30 January following has been published online
by the BBC
here. As a state occasion the funeral was organized by the Earl
Marshal, with the Officers of Arms acting as his staff; many of the
records of the arrangements are maintained in the archives of the
College of Arms. Illustrated right is the ceremonial for the
funeral service.
Centenary of Society of Genealogists:
2011 marks the centenary of the Society of Genealogists. It is
perhaps surprising to learn that in February 1911 the proposed
formation of the Society was opposed by the College of Arms. The
heralds were evidently worried that the Society would divert
professional genealogical work away from the College. Negotiations
ensued, as a result of which a number of changes were made to the
draft Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Society. Its
incorporation as a company duly went ahead on 8 May 1911. Relations
between the two bodies are altogether more cordial a century later.
Several Officers of Arms have taken an active part in the Society’s
affairs, and the current President of the Society is Patric
Dickinson, Clarenceux King of Arms. He has written a short piece
about the 1911 dispute for the recently published Society of
Genealogists: a century of family history. Arms were granted to
the Society on the occasion of its 75th anniversary in 1986.
A very small selection of those
recently receiving grants or exemplifications from the English Kings
of Arms:
BROMFIELD,
Simon Charles, of Upper Wield, Hampshire. Arms and Crest. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 1/4/2010.College reference: Grants
175/100.
A
grant of Arms, Crest and Badge was made to Richard Starr
BUCKS of Merrow, Surrey, by
Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. In the same Patent, dated 20
September 2010, Arms (illustrated left) were granted for
Teresa Anne Bucks his wife.
These
are blazoned: Argent a Panther’s Face
Sable between three Roundels Gules each encircled by a Horseshoe
Sable.
College reference: Grants 175/119.
CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR SECURITIES & INVESTMENT.
Arms, Crest, Badge and Supporters. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and
Ulster Kings of Arms. 25/5/2010. College reference: Grants 175/67.
For a discussion of the coat of Arms see their website
here.
DAVIS,
Stephen Roger, of the London Borough of Lewisham, OBE. Arms and
Crest. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 6/4/2010. College
reference: Grants 175/74.
HOWELL,
Roger Steven Peregrine, of Sheraton, Durham. Arms, Crest and Badge.
Garter and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms. 25/8/2010. College
reference: Grants 175/109.
NITTI,
Robert Charles, of Ringwood, State of Victoria, Commonwealth of
Australia. Arms and Crest. Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster
Kings of Arms. 23/2/2010. College reference: Grants 175/57.
 A
grant of Arms, Crest and Badge was made by Letters Patent of Garter
and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms dated 14 August 2010 to David
Christopher LANE of
Sandal, West Yorkshire.
Arms: Azure a Pile reversed couped throughout Or three Estoiles
counterchanged.
Crest: Upon a Helm with a Wreath Or and Azure An edible Crab proper
holding in the dexter claw a Dagger erect Azure hilt and pomel Or.
Mantled Azure lined Or.
Badge (not illustrated): An equilateral Triangle Azure charged with
an Estoile Or.
College reference: Grants 175/55.
NORMAN,
Howard John Floyd, of the City of Paris, French Republic. Arms,
Crest and Badge. Clarenceux and Norroy and Ulster Kings of Arms.
OLIVER,
Sir Stephen John Lindsay of the London Borough of Lewisham, knight.
Arms and Crest. In the same patent a grant of Arms was made to Ann
Dawn, Lady Oliver, his wife. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms.
16/8/2010. College reference: Grants 175/106.
THOROGOOD,
Christopher John, of Writtle, Essex. Arms, Crest and Badge. The
limitations of the grant were extended to include the other
descendants of his late father Samuel John Thorogood. Garter and
Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 12/7/2010. College reference: Grants
175/87.
WAKEHAM,
Sir William Arnot, of the parish of Rewe, Devon, knight. Arms and
Crest. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 30/6/2010. College
reference: Grants 175/83.
WILDING,
Barbara, of Lower Tythegston, Mid Glamorgan, CBE, QPM. Arms. Garter
and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 7/6/2010. College reference: Grants
175/63.
WRIGHT,
Sir David John, of Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, GCMG, LVO. Arms, Crest,
Badge and Supporters. Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms. 5/8/2010.
College reference: Grants 175/91.
Appointment:
Clive Cheesman, Richmond Herald, has been
appointed a member of the Lord Chancellor’s Forum on Historical
Manuscripts and Academic Research.
The Last Days of Heraldry:
Richmond Herald gave a lecture with this title to the Heraldry
Society of Scotland at the Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh on 26
February 2011.
 New
archivist: After 32 years as Archivist at the College of Arms, Robert Yorke (right)
has now retired from that position, to take up a different role at
the College of Arms, working towards the publication of a new volume
of the catalogue of manuscripts, which is to cover the important
series of records and collections relating to the heralds’
visitations. The College’s new Archivist is Matthew Jones (left).
He previously worked at East Sussex Record Office and Dorset Record
Office, before becoming Archivist at Portsmouth Museums and Records
Service. After a spell working for Nick Herbert MP, now Minister of
State for Policing and Criminal Justice, he has now returned to the
world of archives.
Who Do You Think You Are? Live:
The College of Arms had a stand at this annual genealogical show at
Olympia, London on 25-27 February, which provided an opportunity to
explain the history, functions and activities of the College, and to
answer visitors’ questions on a wide variety of heraldic and
genealogical topics. Visitors also had a chance to see the College’s
heraldic artists at work.
BOGGIS-ROLFE:
an entry records four generations of this family, headed by Douglass
Horace Boggis-Rolfe of Wormingford, Essex (born 1874). Connected
with
HEYDEMAN
and
COLLINS.
Cross-referenced to Surrey 4/59 and Norfolk 34/195. College
reference: Surrey 32/33.
FISHER:
a pedigree of four generations descends to the present day from
Charles Howard Kerridge Fisher of Compton Surrey, formerly of the
Borough of Acton, Middlesex. He married in 1923 to Ethel Mary
daughter of Sidney Reclift Chope. College reference: Surrey 32/46.
GRAINGER:
a pedigree records a six-generation descent from George Albert
Grainger of Camberwell, co. London (born 1865), and Emma Louisa his
wife, daughter of George James Davis. College reference: Surrey
32/43.
HARCOURT:
a pedigree records a descent from Sir Thomas Harcourt of Ellenhall,
Staffordshire, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, and of Market
Bosworth, Leicestershire (died 1420). The descent continues via the
families of
BESILLS,
FETIPLACE,
PUREFOY,
DORNE
or
THORNE.
Three generations of the
DUDLEY
family include Thomas Dudley of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who
emigrated to New England in 1630 in the “Winthrop Fleet” with his
wife, two sons and four daughters. The descent then continues via
the families of
DENISON,
five generations of
ROGERS,
then
WENDELL,
GOODWIN,
WARNER
and MILLAR.
It concludes with a descent to the present day from James Millar of
Plymouth, Massachusetts (born 1873), who married Margaret daughter
of William Pearson Warner of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Cross-referenced to: Dugdale trefoil part 2/34; H20/14b; C12 part
2/133; G12/65; C8/65b-66; C14/146b-147. College reference: Norfolk
51/177.
SMITH
and
NEVILLE-SMITH:
a pedigree of five generations is headed by Sir George John Smith of
Truro, Cornwall (born 1845). He married Jane Symons, daughter of
Edward Burgess of Wells, Somerset. Cross-referenced to Surrey
15/333. College reference: Surrey 32/39.
TRY:
An entry records seven generations of this family, headed by Thomas
Try of Hardwicke, Gloucestershire (died circa 1671), who married
Anna daughter and coheir of Richard Jones of Hanham,
Gloucestershire. It descends to Sarah Emma daughter of Hardwick
(otherwise Hardwick Shakespeare) Trye, of Mile End Old Town,
Middlesex. She married in 1852 to James Richards. Connected to
WHITE
and
PAYNE.
College reference: Norfolk 51/176. |
