News from The College of Arms
Armed Forces Week and London Pride
18 June 2019
Her Majesty's Government has instructed that to mark Armed Forces Week, Government buildings are encouraged to fly the Armed Forces Flag from Monday 24 June until Saturday 29 June 2016 inclusive. If flying alongside a national flag, the national flag should be in the senior position. All Whitehall Government Buildings are…
Bluemantle Pursuivant
13 June 2019
By Letters Patent under the Great Seal dated 13 June 2019, Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mark John Rosborough Scott to the office of Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms, vacant since the promotion of Michael Peter Desmond O'Donoghue to the office of York Herald in 2012. Mark…
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant
12 June 2019
By Letters Patent under the Great Seal dated 12 June 2019, Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to appoint Adam Simon Tuck to the office of Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms, vacant since the promotion of Clive Edwin Alexander Cheesman to the office of Richmond Herald in 2010. Adam…
Sir Henry Farnham Burke
25 February 2019
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the appointment of Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA, as Garter King of Arms. Son of Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, and grandson of John Burke, the founder of Burke’s Peerage, Sir Henry inherited the family enthusiasm for genealogy but…
George H. W. Bush: flag instructions
01 December 2018
Learning with sadness of the death of George H. W. Bush, former President of the United States of America, who died on 30 November 2018, special instructions have been received that all Union flags on the buildings of Her Majesty's Government should be lowered to half-mast as soon as possible…