Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet (born 7 December 1943) is a British

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

and retired

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Family and career

Paston-Bedingfeld is the only son of Sir Edmund Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet of

Oxburgh Hall Oxburgh Hall is a moated country house in Oxborough, Norfolk, England. The hall was built for Sir Edmund Bedingfeld who obtained a licence to crenellate in 1482. The Bedingfelds gained the manor of Oxborough through marriage in the early 15t ...

, Norfolk, by his wife Joan Lynette Rees. He succeeded to the family title upon his father's death on 24 May 2011.''

Burke's Peerage Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the lesser nobility of the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1826, when the Anglo-Irish genea ...

'', volume 3, 2003, page 3067 He was educated at

Ampleforth College Ampleforth College is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding and day school in the English Public school (United Kingdom), public school tradition. It opened in 1803 as a boys' school. It is near the villa ...

, then an all-boys Catholic

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Ampleforth Ampleforth is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, north of York. The village is situated on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The parish has a population of 883 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 1, ...

, Yorkshire. Paston-Bedingfeld served as

Rouge Croix Pursuivant 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 th ...

from 1983, and then in 1993 became

York Herald York Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms. The first York Herald is believed to have been an officer to Edmund of Langley, Duke of York around the year 1385, but the first completely reliable reference to such ...

. In 2010 he was promoted to

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 ...

, the junior of the two provincial Kings-at-Arms, with jurisdiction over the north of England and

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. In July 2014, he retired and was succeeded by

Timothy Duke Timothy Hugh Stewart Duke, CVO FSA (born 12 June 1953)"Duke, Timothy Hugh Stewart"

. He is an Honorary Vice-president of the

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and of the Norfolk Record Society; Sir Henry is also a

liveryman A livery company is a type of guild or professional association that originated in medieval times in London, England. Livery companies comprise London's ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are styled the "Wors ...

of the Bowyers' Company and served as

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of the

Scriveners' Company The Worshipful Company of Scriveners is an ancient Livery Company of the City of London. Originally known as the ''Mysterie of the Writers of the Court Letter'' and, since its incorporation, as the ''Master Wardens and Assistants of the Company ...

for 2012–13. In 1968, Paston-Bedingfield married Mary Kathleen, a daughter of

Brigadier Brigadier ( ) is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore (rank), commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several t ...

Robert Ambrose CIE OBE MC, and they have two sons and two daughters; their elder son, Richard (born 1975) is

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to the

baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

. Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfield is the current Coordinator of the Commission and Association for the Armigerous Families of Great Britain.

Selected heraldic designs by Paston-Bedingfeld

Derby Grammar School Derby Grammar School is a selective independent day school in Littleover near the city of Derby, England. Founded in 1995 as a continuation of Derby School, founded in 1160, it educates girls and boys between the ages of 4 and 18. The school c ...

*Institute of Traffic Accident Inspectors *

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''Heraldry Gazette'' NS 67 (March 1998), 7.

Honours

* –

Baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

–

Knight of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious ...

Arms

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