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The College of Arms maintains a respected Conservation Department, headed by Christopher Harvey, which is dedicated to the conservation and preservation of the College's large archive of manuscripts and its library of printed books. Working closely with the Archive Department, and overseen by Adam Tuck, Lancaster Herald, the conservators ...
Roll of the Peerage. On 1 June 2004 a Royal Warrant required the creation and maintenance of a new Roll of the Peerage by the then Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs. The responsibility for this now rests with the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. The need for this arose out of the changes to the composition of the ...
Sir Anthony Wagner (1908-1995), Garter King of Arms, was the most eminent scholar at the College of Arms in the last two hundred years. Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726), the famous architect and playwright, was for many years Clarenceux King of Arms, though he is said to have known nothing of heraldry and genealogy and to have ridiculed both.
19 de abr. de 2011 · The Arms of Miss Catherine Middleton. Announced on 19 April 2011, just over a week before her marriage to HRH Prince William of Wales, these are the armorial bearings of Miss Catherine Middleton. The arms consist of a lozenge suspended from a ribbon (as appropriate for an unmarried woman) showing a design currently being granted as a shield to ...
The Arms of Individuals in Same-Sex Marriages. The text of a ruling by the Kings of Arms dated 29 March 2014. We, Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy & Ulster King of Arms, do rule, ordain and decree as follows: (1) A man who contracts a same-sex marriage may impale the arms of his husband with his own on a shield or banner but should bear his own ...
The College of Arms is the official heraldic authority for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and much of the Commonwealth including Australia and New Zealand. As well as being responsible for the granting of new coats of arms, the College maintains registers of arms, pedigrees, genealogies, Royal Licences, changes of name, and flags. The heralds ...
The College of Arms will publish details of half-masting instructions for the information of local and national government and any other interested bodies or individuals. Local government bodies are permitted to fly the Union Flag at half-mast to mark local as well as national commemorations or losses.
