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Gerald Wollaston
Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston (2 June 1874 – 4 March 1957) was a long-serving Officer of Arms, officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Wollaston's family had a firm tradition at the College of Arms. Wollaston's great-grandfather was William Woods (officer of arms), Sir William Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms from 1838 until his death in 1842. His grandfather was Albert Woods, Sir Albert William Woods who held the same post from 1869 to 1904. Wollaston was born at his grandfather's home at 69 St George's Road, Warwick Square, London on 2 June 1874 and baptised at St Benet's, Paul's Wharf on 12 July. He attended Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a student of the Inner Temple from 22 June 1895 and was called to the Bar on 26 January 1899. Wollaston's first heraldry, heraldic post came in 1902 with his appointment as Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary, Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary. This appointment came on the coronation of King Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Player's Cigarettes Garter King Of Arms
John Player & Sons, most often known simply as Player's, was a tobacco and cigarette manufacturer based in Nottingham, England. In 1901 the company merged with twelve other companies to become a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland. The company pioneered the advertising with trading (cigarette) cards. As a branch, Player's continued this practice (see below), most notably with a series devoted to the association football in the 1930s. Nowadays the brands "Player" and "John Player Special" are owned and marketed by Imperial Brands and, especially in markets external to the UK, by British American Tobacco. History In March 1820, William Wright set up a small tobacco factory in Craigshill, Livingston, West Lothian. This business expanded and earned Wright a comfortable fortune. John Player bought the business in 1877. He had the Castle Tobacco Factories built in Radford, Nottingham, just west of the city centre. He had three factories built, but initi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was related to royalty throughout Europe. He was Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne for almost 60 years. During his mother's reign, he was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863, and the couple had six children. As Prince of Wales, Edward travelled throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and of the Indian subcontinent in 1875 proved popular successes. Despite the approval of the public, his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Lee (officer Of Arms)
__NOTOC__ Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee (11 July 1863''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950'' – 12 September 1927) was a British officer of arms, an expert in Japanese art and heraldry and a stage designer. Early life Lee was born in Aberdeen, the second son of Reverend Frederick George Lee, vicar of All Saints, Lambeth. He was educated at St Mary's College, Harlow and Westminster School and became an artist and designer. In 1888, he married Rose, the eldest daughter of Robert Wallace, Secretary to the Earl Marshal. College of Arms In 1889, he joined the College of Arms as Bluemantle Pursuivant. He was appointed York Herald on 29 November 1905 in succession to George William Marshall and then Norroy King of Arms in 1922, before being appointed Clarenceux King of Arms, the Principal Herald of South, East and West England, on 5 October 1926 in succession to William Lindsay. He was secretary to the Earl Marshal from 1911 to 1917 and the Deputy Earl Marshal fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pursuivant
A pursuivant or, more correctly, pursuivant of arms, is a junior officer of arms. Most pursuivants are attached to official heraldic authorities, such as the College of Arms in London or the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh. In the mediaeval era, many great nobles employed their own officers of arms. Today, there still exist some private pursuivants that are not employed by a government authority. In Scotland, for example, several pursuivants of arms have been appointed by Clan Chiefs. These pursuivants of arms look after matters of heraldic and genealogical importance for clan members. Nationally appointed pursuivants English Pursuivants of Arms in Ordinary * Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary * Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary * Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary * Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary English Pursuivants of Arms Extraordinary * Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary * Howard Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary Scotti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Coronation Honours
The 1937 Coronation Honours were awarded in honour of the coronation of George VI. Royal Honours Order of the Thistle * The Queen Royal Victorian Chain * The Queen * Queen Mary * Clive, Baron Wigram Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) * The Queen of Norway * Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood * Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll * Princess Beatrice Order of the British Empire (GBE) * The Duchess of Gloucester * The Duchess of Kent * Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone Privy Council * The Duke of Kent * Edward Leslie Burgin, MP for Luton Peerages Earldoms * Vere Brabazon, Earl of Bessborough, GCMG * Claude George, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KT, GCVO, TD Viscountcies * Sir Robert Stevenson Horne, GBE, KC, MP * Sir Herbert Louis Samuel, GCB, GBE, MP Baronies * Christopher Addison, MD, FRCS, MP * Sir George Bowyer, Bt., MC, DL, MP * Sir John Cadman, GCMG * Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, GCB, KCMG, CVO * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior British Armed Forces, military officers or senior Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servants, and the monarch awards it on the advice of His Majesty's Government. The name derives from an elaborate medieval ceremony for preparing a candidate to receive his knighthood, of which ritual bathing (as a symbol of Ritual purification, purification) was an element. While not all knights went through such an elaborate ceremony, knights so created were known as "knights of the Bath". George I constituted the Knights of the Bath as a regular Order (honour), military order. He did not revive the order, which did not previously exist, in the sense of a body of knights governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred. The Order consists of the Sovereign of the United King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 New Year Honours
The 1935 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on the 28 of December, 1934. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate. United Kingdom and British Empire Baron *The Right Honourable Sir Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe, Henry Bucknall Betterton Minister of Labour, 1931-1934. Chairman of the Unemployment Assistance Board. *Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh, Thomas Fermor-Hesketh For political and public services in Northamptonshire. *Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal, Wyndham Raymond Portal For public services. Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order () is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch, members of the royal family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the monarch. The present monarch, King Charles III, is the sovereign of the order. The order's motto is ''Victoria.'' The order's official day is 20 June. The order's chapel is the Savoy Chapel in London. There is no limit on the number of individuals honoured at any grade. Admission is at the sole discretion of the monarch. Each of the order's five grades represent different levels of service, as does the medal, which has three levels of service. While all those honoured may use the prescribed styles of the order – the top two grades grant titles of knighthood, and all grades accord distinct post-nominal letters – the Royal Victorian Order's precedence amongst other honours differs from realm to realm and admission to some grades may be ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Farnham Burke
Sir Henry Farnham Burke, (1859–1930) was a long-serving Anglo-Irish officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Biography A son of Sir Bernard Burke (who was Ulster King of Arms from 1853 until his death in 1892), Henry Burke was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1880. In 1887, Burke was promoted to the office of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary. On 26 October 1911, Burke was promoted to Norroy King of Arms to replace Sir William Henry Weldon. In that post he was responsible for the design of the Military Cross.“The Military Cross: The New British War Decoration,” ''Illustrated London News'', vol. 146, no. 3959 (6 March 1915): 1. Hoyte C. Evans, “Kitchener and the Military Cross,” ''Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America'' (March–April 1957): 14–15, accessed 3 November 2020, http://www.omsa.org/files/jomsa_arch/Splits/1957/87251_JOMSA_1957_March-April_13.pdf In 1913 he was given the additional appointment of Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norroy And Ulster King Of Arms
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms is the provincial King of Arms at the College of Arms with jurisdiction over England north of the River Trent, Trent and Northern Ireland. The two offices of Norroy and Ulster were formerly separate. Norroy King of Arms is the older office, there being a reference as early as 1276 to a "King of Heralds beyond the Trent in the North". The name ''wikt:Norroy, Norroy'' is derived from the Old French meaning 'north king'. The office of Ulster Principal King of Arms for All-Ireland was established in 1552 by King Edward VI to replace the older post of Ireland King of Arms, which had lapsed in 1487. Ulster King of Arms was not part of the College of Arms and did not fall under the jurisdiction of the Earl Marshal, being the heraldic authority for the Kingdom of Ireland (the jurisdiction of the College of Arms being the Kingdom of England and Lord Lyon King of Arms, Lord Lyon's Office that of the Kingdom of Scotland). Ulster was Registrar and King of Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald
A herald, or a herald of arms, is an officer of arms, ranking between pursuivant and king of arms. The title is commonly applied more broadly to all officers of arms. Heralds were originally messengers sent by monarchs or noblemen to convey messages or proclamations—in this sense being the predecessors of modern diplomats. In the Hundred Years' War, French heralds challenged King Henry V to fight. During the Battle of Agincourt, the English herald and the French herald, Montjoie, watched the battle together from a nearby hill; both agreed that the English were the victors, and Montjoie provided King Henry V, who thus earned the right to name the battle, with the name of the nearby castle. Like other officers of arms, a herald would often wear a surcoat, called a tabard, decorated with the coat of arms of his master. It was possibly due to their role in managing the tournaments of the Late Middle Ages that heralds came to be associated with the regulation of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
