嘉德首席紋章官是聯合王國紋章管理機構紋章院的高階紋章官職務，設立於 1415 年。 嘉德紋章官就紋章院管理事務對司禮大臣負責。他亦是英國君主在禮儀方面的主要顧問，對英格蘭、蘇格蘭與北愛爾蘭的紋章事務特別負責，並對英聯邦內除加拿大以外的成員國負責（加拿大的紋章事務由加拿大紋章局負責）。他還擔任嘉德勳章的高階紋章官，所有紋章院認證紋章之授予檔案上都有嘉德紋章官的印信與簽名。 嘉德紋章官負責在前任英國君主崩殂後宣佈新任君主。登基會議會在倫敦市中心的聖詹姆士宮召開會議，決定新任君主。一經新君在議會完成宣誓，嘉德紋章官便會步入俯瞰修道庭院的宣誓露臺宣告新君。 現任嘉德紋章官為。 歷史 建立 就任於 1417 年的被認為是首任嘉德紋章官，他被任命的確切日期已經不得而知。 曾發現一份蓋有亨利五世御璽、釋出於 1417 年 5 月 22 日的法令。其中布魯日被以其先前頭銜吉耶納高階紋章官（Guyenne King of Arms）稱呼；該法令要求經加蓋王國國璽任命的另一人負責保護跟隨國王出國旅行的布魯日的人身安全。 安斯蒂斯隨後進一步指出了兩個更為有力的證據：（1）布魯日與嘉德騎士團於 1422 年（或 1423 年）簽署的一份有關退休金協議的正式法律檔案中交代了布魯日先前被任命為嘉德騎士；（2）於 1417 年 9 月 3 日（或 13 日）頒佈的一項法令中提到了 Garretier Roy darmes des Anghis。 鑑於亨利五世於 1417 年 7 月 27 日前往法國，可以推斷布魯日是在當年 7 月下旬被任命的 Anstis 1742 vol 2 p 322。 但此論後來遭休斯坦福倫敦（Hugh Stanford London）質疑。倫敦所公佈的材料表明布魯日被任命的時間較先前安斯蒂斯的結論要早兩年。威廉布魯日的父親理查德布魯日曾於 1415 年 7 月 4 日留下一份分為兩部分的遺囑：一部分關於。其葬禮安排、慈善遺產與留給妻子的遺產；另一份則關於其個人遺產。雖然記錄於倫敦登記處的前者只提到了理查德布魯日的妻子，但記錄於坎特伯雷大主教亨利齊契利處的後者提及了其子女。其中威廉被稱作 GienGyen Gartere，威廉的妻子則被稱為 艾格尼絲嘉德（Agnes Garter）。然而其他登記處對遺囑第二部分的記錄標註時間為 1418 年或 1419 年，因此史學家歐內斯特雅各布推測上述論據或為誤讀。但倫敦則辯稱後世對該遺囑的註解皆以 嘉德 或 吉耶納（Guyenne），抑或乾脆全以 嘉德 指稱威廉布魯日，倘若這是誤讀，其妻艾格尼絲亦不會僅被簡稱為 嘉德。相反，倫敦推測理查德布魯日在寫遺囑時忘記了在文中稱呼其新任命的兒子的 嘉德 頭銜，後來則將 嘉德 與兒子的就頭銜一併寫入了遺囑。 彼得貝根特批評了這一觀點。他在 1415 年至 1417 年的記錄中發現，威廉布魯日僅被稱作 吉耶納 或同等頭銜 阿基坦高階紋章官，這與倫敦的推斷顯然衝突。他認為若非誤讀，第二份遺囑可能因為理查德布魯日給家人留下了更多財產而在 1415 年之後才完成。 發展 亨利五世任命嘉德首席高階紋章官領銜全體掌禮官。 嘉德首席高階紋章官據稱或許擁有兩重身份，其一與嘉德勳章有關，另一個則是紋章院院長。如此一來他不僅需要在君主與眾騎士列席的嘉德騎士團理事會面前宣誓，亦需對司禮大臣宣誓，因此他被封有 最高貴的嘉德勳章首席紋章官 與 首席英格蘭紋章官 兩個頭銜。 嘉德紋章官必須是繼承有紋章的英格蘭人，並有權任命一名紋章官作為副手。傳統上認為嘉德紋章官既不能擔任騎士，也不能成為神職人員；但歷史上有過外國人擔任該職位的例子；自亨利七世登基以來許多任嘉德紋章官都被授予了騎士身份，其中一位更是成為了巴斯騎士團成員。嘉德紋章官有權糾正或修改紋章、向滿足資格者授予紋章、向上議院提交新貴族家譜、分配獲授紋章者在議事廳的席位。 紋章 嘉德首席紋章官紋章自 1520 年左右啟用。 預算 除由英國王室支付的 4907 英鎊的年薪以外，英國財政部也對其為政府的服務支付薪酬。 截至 2021 年 1 月 27 日，財政部共計支付給時任嘉德紋章官托馬斯伍德考克爵士 651515 英鎊。此外，自 2018 年以來，財政部每年為嘉德紋章官提供 35 萬英鎊的費用基金，用於支付秘書支援、清潔和郵費等業務費用。截至 2021 年 1 月 27 日，嘉德紋章官共收到 7457902 英鎊用於支付費用。 歷代嘉德首席紋章官 肖像 FileWilliam Bruges Garter King of ArmsjpgaltAn illuminated manuscript from around 1430 showing William Bruges the first Garter King of Arms kneeling before St George He was appointed in 1415 or 1417 一份 1430 年左右的插圖手稿，繪有首任嘉德首席紋章官威廉布魯日跪在聖喬治面前。布魯日於 1415 年或 1417 年被任命。 FileGarter Edward Walker PicturejpgaltSir Edward Walker who was Garter during the interregnum 愛德華沃克爵士，在英國大空位期間擔任嘉德首席紋章官。 FileWenceslas Hollar William Dugdale State 5 croppedjpgaltSir William Dugdale one of Englands leading antiquaries was Garter between 1677 and his death in 1686 As a King of Arms he conducted visitations to 10 English counties 威廉杜格代爾爵士，英國著名古董商人，他在 1677 年至 1686 年期間擔任嘉德首席紋章官，曾到訪巡視英國 10 個市縣。 FileJohn Anstis GarterjpgaltJohn Anstis Garter from 1719 to 1744 約翰安斯蒂斯，1719 年至 1744 年擔任嘉德首席紋章官。 FileStephen Martin LeakejpgaltStephen Martin Leake a noted numismatist served as Garter for over 18 years 175473 Interested in heralds privileges he unsuccessfully campaigned for a revival of their visitations 斯蒂芬馬丁利克，英國著名錢幣學家，1754 年至 1773 年擔任嘉德首席紋章官。他對紋章官的特權尤為看重，曾發起未果的恢復紋章官巡視權的運動。 FileRalph BiglandjpgaltAlthough briefly Garter between 1780 and 1784 Ralph Bigland was a late starter and quick riser beginning his adult life as a cheesemonger He is best remembered for his enormous collection of Gloucestershire memorial inscriptions 拉爾夫比格蘭，1780 年至 1784 年間擔任首席嘉德紋章官。早年的職業為乳酪商販，其政治生涯起步較晚但平步青雲，他因收藏大量格洛斯特郡紀念銘文而廣為人知。 FileSirAlbertWoodsjpgaltSir Albert Woods served as Garter for nearly 35 years between 1869 and 1904 but old age forced him to delegate many of his Coronation duties to other heralds in 1902 阿爾伯特伍茲爵士，1869 年至 1904 年擔任嘉德首席紋章官，擔任嘉德勳爵近 35 年，但晚年因年事已高年不得不在 1902 年將許多加冕典禮職責委託給其他紋章官。 列表 紋章 姓名 在任時間 備註 參考 不晚於 1417 年 9 月 1450 年 3 月 9 日 理查德布魯日之子。布魯日於 1398 年被任命為，該職務使其成為威爾士親王與切斯特伯爵亨利（即後日的亨利五世）家族的近臣。1407 年至 1410 年間，他被亨利四世僱傭。1413 年，他被任命為吉耶納高階紋章官，並於 1415 年隨同亨利五世趕赴阿金庫爾戰役；他被委以許多外交責任，並獲封 阿基坦高階紋章官 頭銜，與吉耶納紋章官的頭銜交替使用。作為嘉德紋章官，他主持了亨利五世的葬禮，並經常在亨利六世領導下執行外交任務。1421 年，他參加了首次英國紋章官會議。1430 年，他負責起草嘉德勳章的首個紋章。 約翰斯莫特 1450 年 4 月 3 日1478 年 7 月 6 日之前 約翰斯莫特的世系不詳，但其在格洛斯特郡擁有土地，並有可能是一名律師。他與威廉布魯日的一個女兒成婚，可能於 1444 年擔任吉耶納高階紋章官，並於 1449 年被派往外交使團；而其被任命為嘉德紋章官時，據信確為吉耶納高階紋章官。斯莫特曾在許多外交使團中供職，包括 1468 年出席瑪格麗特公主與大膽查理的婚禮與次年前往勃艮第公國的嘉德出使 Garter Misson。 1478 年 7 月 6 日 1504 年 3 月或 4 月 約翰懷特的世系不詳，但其父有可能是第一代薩默塞特公爵約翰博福特繼承人之一、曾短暫擔任克里克萊德國會議員的威廉懷特 William Wrythe。懷特於 1477 年前擔任福孔紋章官 Faucon Herald，並於是年被任命為，他參加了愛德華四世的葬禮與理查三世的加冕禮。理查三世後來於 1483 年任命他為嘉德紋章官，但他與於 1485 年 1 月 4 日辭職，後來又在亨利七世登基後的 1486 年 2 月 13 日正式復職。懷特曾被派至前往蘇格蘭、愛爾蘭、布列塔尼、加來、勃艮第乃至拜訪神聖羅馬帝國馬克西米連一世的外交使團。 1505 年 1 月 26 日 1534 年 11 月 15 日 萊奧斯利為約翰懷特長子，曾任瓦林福德助理紋章官 Wallingford Pursuivant，先後為亞瑟都鐸與亨利王子（即後來的亨利八世）工作過。擔任嘉德紋章官期間，他曾跟隨亨利八世前往泰魯阿訥、出席金帛盛會、前往加來，並參與了對費德里科達蒙特費爾特羅、費利佩一世、斐迪南一世與弗朗索瓦一世 法蘭西 的嘉德出使；此外在內政方面，他參與了亨利七世葬禮、亨利八世加冕禮與 1511 年的。他亦有效壟斷了紋章的頒給權力並被允許進行巡查探訪（但另一位紋章官於 1530 年亦被授予上述權力） 托馬斯沃爾 1534 年 12 月 9 日 1536 年 6 月 27 日 沃爾之父曾任，沃爾則於 1521 年被任命為，並於 1525 年晉升為。他於 16 世紀 20 年代至 30 年代供職於許多 諸多外交使團，曾前往法蘭西、義大利與奧地利，也於 1535 年參與了對詹姆斯五世的嘉德出使。他還在 1530 年編纂了《沃爾紋章書》Walls Book of Arms。 1536 年 7 月 15 日 1550 年 1 月 2 日 巴克之父來自約克郡，其母則來自泰恩河畔紐卡斯爾一個叫作 Carlill 或 Carlisle 的家庭；one of his uncles was Christopher Carlill Norroy King of Arms He was in Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolks service as Lisle Pursuivant c 1513 and then Suffolk Herald c 1517 before being appointed Richmond Herald at the college in 1522 and Norroy in June 1536 He was attached to foreign missions between 1514 and 1544 the early instances with the Duke of Suffolk and later including work with the English embassy in Spain and at the peace talks at Cambrai in 1529 He also oversaw the funeral of Henry VIII and the coronation of Edward VI and managed to maintain reasonably friendly relations with the provincial Kings of Arms 1550 年 4 月 29 日 1584 年 10 月 3 日 Dethick claimed descent from Derbyshire gentry but this is unlikely for his father was a Germanborn armourer made a denizen by Henry VIII He may have been in royal service before his first appointment at the college as Hampnes Pursuivant in 1536 promotions to Rouge Croix 1540 and Richmond 1541 followed and in 1547 he became Norroy King of Arms He was a member of the original Society of Antiquaries and was often sent on missions abroad as a herald He travelled with Lord Somerset to Scotland in 1549 and was nearly shot at Musselburgh in England he was sent to force the surrender of rebels led by Robert Kett Described as a sound genealogist he also made 140 grants of arms as Garter and secured the colleges future home at Derby Place from Queen Mary 1584 年至 1586 年職位空缺，此間時任行使嘉德首席紋章官職權。 1584 年至 1586 年職位空缺，此間時任行使嘉德首席紋章官職權。 1584 年至 1586 年職位空缺，此間時任行使嘉德首席紋章官職權。 1584 年至 1586 年職位空缺，此間時任行使嘉德首席紋章官職權。 1584 年至 1586 年職位空缺，此間時任行使嘉德首席紋章官職權。 1586 年 4 月 21 日 1606 年 12 月 10 日（解職） The second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick Garter William Dethick was educated at St Johns College Cambridge His father also tutored him and secured his appointment as Rouge Croix Pursuivant in 1567 he succeeded him as Garter and bribed the signet clerks to include a clause in his patent allowing him to make visitations arousing tension with the provincial kings A new patent was eventually regranted removing the rights but Dethick garnered controversy for verifying false pedigrees his poor behaviour and quarrelling with fellow heralds He had treasonously supported the marriage proposal of Mary Queen of Scots and the Duke of Norfolk but Elizabeth I forgave him and it eventually earned him the support of James I His critics and enemies put enough pressure on the King however for Dethick to be dismissed in 1604 although defiant he backed down and accepted an annuity two years later before dying in 1612 1607 年 1 月 17 日 1633 年 12 月 10 日（或 13 日） Segars parentage cannot be confirmed but he was of Dutch origin and trained as a scrivener He was appointed Portcullis Pursuivant in 1585 and Somerset Herald three years later before Norroy King of Arms in 1597 patent 1602 He sided with Garter Dethick against successive Clarenceux Kings of Arms before being appointed Deputy Garter in 1603 He was appointed Garter in January 1604 but could not obtain a patent until Dethick finally resigned in 1607 One of Segars rivals Ralph Brooke tricked him into confirming a false coat of arms to a pretend gentleman in 1616 James I had them both imprisoned for several days Segar authored at least 13 manuscript and printed works and has been described as a conscientious herald and a formidable scholar but like many of his contemporaries he authorized many pedigrees giving most improbable descents from fabulous ancestors 1633 年 12 月 27 日 1643 年 10 月 21 日 Boroughs maternal grandfather was a Brabanter but parents lived at Sandwich in Kent He was part of Sir Francis Bacons household by 1618 and a Member of Parliament for Sandwich 1621 and Horsham 162426 By his first marriage he was connected with Sir Robert Cotton who may have helped his appointment as Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London in 1623 when Bacon fell from power it may have been Cotton who assisted Borough in obtaining the Earl of Arundels patronage and he entered the College as Mowbray Herald Extraordinary in 1623 Later that year he was appointed Norroy King of Arms He accompanied Charles I on his trip to Scotland in 1633 and was ambassador to the Holy Roman Emperor in 1636 Despite being highly regarded in his lifetime for his antiquarian knowledge Borough wrote only one book The Soveraignty of the British Seas 1644 年 4 月 6 日 1644 年 11 月 5 日 The son of Sir Richard St George Clarenceux King of Arms details of Henry St Georges early life and education are absent He was employed by the College in c March 1609 and appointed Rouge Rose Pursuivant Extraordinary later that year Promotion to Bluemantle Pursuivant followed in 1611 and Richmond Herald in 1618 before he was promoted to Norroy King of Arms in 1653 As Richmond he travelled to France with William Le Neve and was Segars deputy on a Garter mission to Sweden in 1627 He was suspended for forging a grant of arms in 1639 but pardoned in 1640 during the Civil War he travelled with Charles I to Oxford and is said to have received a Doctorate in Medicine from the University there 1643 26 February 1645 10 February 1677 Walker was a native of Somerset and entered the Office of Purveyance before he was employed by the Earl of Arundel in 1633 he was then appointed Blanch Lyon 1635 and Rouge Dragon Pursuivants 1637 Chester Herald 1638 and Norroy King of Arms 1644 He was also Secretary at War against the Scots in 1639 and a royalist he attended Charles I during the Civil War serving in a number of posts including Secretary for War After the royalist defeats at Naseby Newark and Oxford Walker went to France but returned as Charles Is chief secretary during the failed negotiations at Newport After the Kings execution he travelled with Charles II in exile who confirmed him as Garter in 1650 At the Restoration 1660 he displaced Sir Edward Bysshe who had intruded in the office of Garter since c 1643 Walker controversially granted arms without reference to the provincial kings of arms and tried to unify their offices with his he also clashed with the Earl Marshal who forced the Kings of Arms to jointly issue grants from 1673 After his death many of his collections came to the college his account of Charles IIs coronation was posthumously published in 1820 因英格蘭內戰爆發於 1643 年左右職務行使中斷，1646 年 10 月 20 日由議會認定，1660 年免職 The eldest son of a Surrey gentleman Bysshe was a Member of Parliament for Bletchingly Reigate and Gatton He was a Parliamentarian who took the covenant intruded in Garters office c 1643 and served on committees to regulate the heralds in 1641 and 1645 Parliament confirmed him as Garter on 20 October 1646 and as Clarenceux King of Arms in 1650 Although he resigned from the latter eight years later he was reappointed in 1661 shortly after he was deposed as Garter during the Restoration According to Godfrey and Wagner he was a good armourist however his visitations provide only brief accounts of the families concerned and he neglected his duties both parliamentary and heraldic from the 1660s Despite these failings he had ensured that the college and its records remained open during the Interregnum much to the benefit of antiquaries including his colleague Sir William Dugdale 1677 年 4 月 26 日 1686 年 2 月 10 日 The son of a Warwickshire clergyman Dugdale was privately educated before attending a free school in Coventry and never went to university His earliest antiquarian works were concerned with his native county where inspired and helped by other antiquaries he collected material for a history His talents earned him the respect of leading antiquarians including Sir Henry Spelman and as the Civil War developed Dugdale travelled around England recording records coats of arms and inscriptions in English cathedrals and churches This work culminated in Monasticon Anglicanum a work which helped to establish the use of charters as historical evidence his other great works include The Antiquities of Warwickshire and The Baronage of England which have helped to solidify his legacy as a great antiquarian According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography the scale of his operations was greater than any previous endeavour and its achievements were astonishing Dugdale had been Blanch Lyon Rouge Croix Chester and Norroy before his Gartership and created donated or contributed to a number of valuable heraldic and genealogical records at the college in addition to the ten visitations he personally conducted 11 March 1686 6 March 1703 Sir Thomas St George was the eldest son of Henry St George Garter but his early life and education are obscure He was appointed Somerset Herald at the Restoration in 1660 and became Norroy King of Arms 20 years later He served as a deputy for Sir Edward Walker on a Garter mission to Dresden in 1669 As Garter he travelled to The Hague with the King in 1691 but appointed Gregory King as his deputy on all the other missions he should have made He inherited his fathers manuscript collections and Peter Le Neve purchased his papers they are now scattered with a number in the British Library 16 June 1703 1715 The eighth son of Sir Henry St George Garter Henry the younger became Garter after appointments as Richmond 1660 Norroy 1677 and Clarenceux 1680 He was remembered by contemporaries as a timorous animal and incommunicative sordid and of little learning but he visited 12 counties as Clarenceux and donated the profits from six towards the rebuilding of the college after the Great Fire of London His manuscript collection was sold after his death and later sold again at auction some have returned to the college but most remain scattered in collections 2 April 1714 reversionary 1744 Anstis was the son of the registrar of the archdeaconry of Cornwall Educated at Exeter College Oxford he entered the Middle Temple in 1690 and became high steward of Cornish tinners two years later he was called to the Bar in 1699 and conducted work for the House of Commons in 1701 He published Curia Militaris a defence of the Earl Marshals jurisdiction in the Court of Chivalry In 1702 he was elected to Parliament for St Germains and tended to follow the Tory line but declined to stand in 1705 He was nominated as Carlisle Pursuivant Extraordinary and Norfolk Herald in 1707 was reelected to Parliament in 1711 appointed Keeper of the Record in 1712 and received a reversionary patent for Garters office in 1714 He duly claimed Garter after St Georges death although John Vanbrugh was nominated instead and Anstis was then in prison as a suspected Jacobite After a lengthy legal debate he was confirmed as Garter on 20 April 1718 took his oath in April the next year and went on to oversee George IIs coronation in 1727 His son John was jointly Garter with him from 1727 9 June 1727 with father 5 December 1754 The seventh son of John Anstis Garter the younger Anstis was educated privately before matriculating at Corpus Christi College Oxford in 1725 Shortly afterwards he was appointed genealogist to the Order of the Bath and he joined the College two years later as Blanc Coursier Herald From 1727 he was jointly Garter with his father until the latters death on 4 March 1744 after which he served alone He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and received an LLD degree from Oxford University in 1749 19 December 1754 24 March 1773 Leake was born Stephen Martin the son of a naval officer from Essex his maternal uncle Admiral Sir John Leake left his estate to Martins parents on the condition that they adopt his surname which they did in 1721 Despite this and work at the Navy Office the family lost out in the South Seas crash and Leake was forced to find employment After joining the Society of Antiquaries and publishing Nummi Britannici historia he joined the College as Lancaster in 1727 and was promoted to Norroy in 1729 and Clarenceux in 1741 Leake was less interested in genealogy than in the rights and history of the heralds he petitioned for the college to have a monopoly on the researching of arms and unsuccessfully tried to revive the visitations a proposal which Anstis and the government opposed He also opened the colleges register for Dissenting and Jewish births and carried out two Garter missions On his death his collections passed to his brother and they were eventually bought by the college 27 April 1773 7 June 1774 Born at Tower Hill in London Townley was the son of a merchant and educated at the Merchant Taylors School from 1727 He bought his appointment as York Herald in 1735 he was promoted to Norroy in 1751 and Clarenceux in 1755 but according to his predecessor Stephen Martin Leake he received a large fortune around 1755 and neglected his heraldic duties thereafter He was nonetheless knighted in 1761 A number of his collections are in the possession of the college including transcribed memorial inscriptions 15 August 1774 22 February 1780 A native of Derbyshire Browne was a land surveyor who was said to have worked for the Duke of Norfolk and converted his favour into heraldic appointments the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography records that he carried out works for John Warburton Somerset Herald He was successively appointed Blanch Lyon 1727 Bluemantle 1737 Lancaster 1744 Norroy 1761 and Clarenceux 1773 before his appointment as Garter Despite his success as a surveyor he was reputed to have known little of heraldry and neglected his duties at the college 2 March 1780 27 March 1784 Bigland was the son of a Middlesex tallow chandler whose ancestors have been traced to Westmorland and Lancashire He was apprenticed to a cheesemonger in 1728 and after 9 years service he entered his own trade and carried out his practice for over 20 years He travelled to the Low Countries and Scotland and supplied cheese to the allied armies during the War of the Austrian Succession it was on these travels that he began noting down memorial inscriptions a pursuit to which he would devote his life He compiled a huge collection of inscriptions relating to Gloucestershire where he travelled extensively from 1750 onwards These interests brought him to the college where he was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant in 1757 and promoted to Somerset Herald in 1759 Norroy in 1773 and Clarenceux in 1774 A competent and methodical genealogist and draughtsman he took a particular interest in parish registers and campaigned for their indexing and the inclusion of greater detail in them After his death the majority of his Gloucestershire notes and transcriptions were published although a number remained in manuscript form until the 1990s 1 May 1784 29 April 1822 A native of Devon Heard was educated at Honiton Grammar School before serving in the Royal Navy between 1745 and 1751 He then embarked on a career as a merchant first in Bilbao Spain and then in London An appointment as Bluemantle Pursuivant followed in 1759 with a promotion to Lancaster Herald two years later in 1774 he was appointed Norroy King of Arms and Brunswick Herald before a promotion to Clarenceux in 1780 he served as Earl Marshals Secretary 178284 and resigned as Brunswick in 1814 Heard was a proponent of the landscape heraldry which proved popular in the late Georgian period and inspired by his earlier travels took a precocious interest in American genealogy As a longserving herald his genealogical practice was large and much of his manuscript collection ended up in the college 11 May 1822 28 October 1831 The son of a Gloucestershire surgeon Nayler practised as a miniature painter before buying his way into the offices of Blanc Coursier Herald and Genealogist of the Order of the Bath in 1792 He used the same means to obtain a place in the College as Bluemantle Pursuivant a year later promotion to York Herald followed in 1794 after the accidental death of its incumbent Further appointments as King of Arms to the Royal Guelphic Order and the Order of St Michael and St George 1815 and 1818 respectively followed before he became Clarenceux King of Arms in 1820 and served as deputy Garter at George IVs coronation in 1821 As Garter he continued to run a large practice at the College and conducted missions to France Denmark Russia and Portugal Much of his earlier heraldic career involved disputes with the other heralds about his sole right to record pedigrees of the Knight of the Bath despite objections he compiled 47 volumes which are now in the colleges possession He also worked on a history of George IVs coronation which was only partially published in his lifetime and a manuscript history of the Order of the Bath also owned by the college 26 November 1831 14 July 1838 Bigland was born on 1 May 1757 the son of Joseph Owen of Salford Lancashire but changed his surname in 1774 at the desire of his maternal uncle Ralph Bigland Garter That year he became Rouge Dragon Pursuivant and was appointed Richmond Herald in 1780 Promotions to Norroy 1803 and Clarenceux 1822 King of Arms followed and his appointment as Garter marks the last time an officer has held all three Kingships He was knighted in 1831 23 July 1838 25 July 1842 By tradition Woods was reputed the son of the 11th Duke of Norfolk but he bore the arms matriculated in 1812 in Scotland by one George Woods a tailor of London and brother to a comedian called William Whatever the case details of his early life are also sparse He was appointed Secretary to the Knights Commander and Companions of the Order of the Bath in 1815 and then Registrar of the Royal Guelphic Order later that year He tried for Ross Herald in Scotland in 1816 but his first heraldic appointment was as Bluemantle Pursuivant in 1819 promotions to Norfolk Herald 1825 held jointly with Bluemantle Clarenceux King of Arms 1831 and deputy Garter c 1836 followed 6 August 1842 31 August 1869 Born in Lambeth Young was the son of a surgeon and through his mother an illegitimate grandchild of the 11th Duke of Norfolk After studying at Charterhouse he entered the College as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant in 1813 and was promoted to York Herald in 1820 He took part in ten Garter missions and the funerals of George III George IV and William IV as well as the coronations of the last two and of Queen Victoria and the marriage of the Prince of Wales According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Young was an expert on matters of precedence a prolific genealogist especially relating to peerage claims and a competent businessman whose service as Registrar of the college 18221842 and then Garter safeguarded its finances he also oversaw the construction of its new record room which now contains most of his books and papers amounting to 922 volumes 2 November 1869 7 January 1904 The illegitimate son of William Woods Garter he worked in his fathers practice before his first heraldic appointment as Fitzalan in 1837 Portcullis followed a year later before Norfolk Lancaster and Brunswick all in 1841 He took part in Garter missions to foreign states from the 1860s to the 1880s but old age forced him to delegate his duties during Queen Victorias funeral and Edward VIIs coronation He maintained a veto over heraldic matters and in his old age he refused to retire guarding his increasingly sluggish practice the delay this caused in administering orders of chivalry led to the establishment of the Central Chancery of Orders of Knighthood in 1904 He had an unrivalled knowledge of ceremonies and a shrewd business sense but was not a scholar and was described by Wagner and Godfrey as a deplorable armorist who was determined that Victorian grants of arms should be distinct and never include simple coats of arms 8 January 1904 18 December 1918 A clergymans son and graduate of Christs College Cambridge ScottGatty was a coowner of The Genealogist magazine and revived the granting of heraldic badges He served as Rouge Dragon from 1880 and York from 1886 22 January 1919 21 August 1930 Burke was a son of Sir Bernard Burke Ulster King of Arms and grandson of John Burke who founded the Burkes Peerage series Although educated at Trinity College Dublin he did not take a degree He trained for the Bar examination but instead entered the College as Rouge Croix Pursuivant in 1880 a promotion to Somerset Herald followed in 1887 and he became Norroy King of Arms in 1911 During Sir Albert Woods old age Burke did much of the work for the coronation of Edward VII a task made difficult by the long reign of Victoria he was duly recognised with the CVO Described by Wagner and Godfrey as an able genealogist he was also an authority on armorial china and oversaw corrections to many of the errors in Burkes Peerage which had attracted criticism during his predecessors editorships 27 September 1930 2 June 1944 retired A grandson of Sir Albert William Woods Wollaston was educated at Harrow and then Trinity College Cambridge whence he graduated in 1893 with a law degree He was called to the Bar in 1899 but joined the College three years later as Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary for the coronation of Edward VII Appointments to Bluemantle Pursuivant 1906 Richmond Herald 1919 and Norroy King of Arms 1928 followed Having served as Henry Farnham Burkes deputy for a year he succeeded him as Garter and oversaw the coronation of George VI his experience and knowledge of ceremonial proved useful in assisting the young Earl Marshal Earlier in his career he was often called on to counsel in Peerage cases A most painstaking and skilled herald with special bent to ceremonial he published The Court of Claims in 1902 1910 and 1936 After his Gartership he served as Norroy and Ulster until his death in 1957 2 June 1944 6 December 1950 resigned Howard was descended from the Dukes of Norfolk he was born in Thornbury Castle where he lived for many years Educated at Kings College London he was later admitted to the Inner Temple as a barrister His first appointment at the college was in May 1911 as Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary and he attended the Prince of Wales investiture that year He was promoted to Rouge Dragon Pursuivant that October followed by Windsor Herald in 1919 and Norroy King of Arms in 1931 to which was added Ulster King of Arms in 1943 After he resigned as Garter he served as Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen from 1952 till his death aged 89 in 1970 尊敬的 1950 年 12 月 6 日 1961 年 7 月 5 日 Born into the Irish peerage Bellew was educated at Christ Church Oxford and served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War attaining the rank of Squadron Leader He served as Portcullis 192227 and then Somerset before his appointment as Garter in the meantime he had been registrar of the college The Times called him the equivalent of a chief staff officer during arrangements for the funeral of George VI and the Coronation of Elizabeth II under the Earl Marshal he was responsible organising the ceremonies and was knighted in recognition of this work After a long retirement spent at his Dower House Englefield Green and the Grange Farnham he died in 1993 1961 年 7 月 6 日 1978 年（退休） Wagner was the son of a schoolmaster and a graduate of Balliol College Oxford His first appointment at the college was as Portcullis in 1931 but the Second World War interrupted this He served in War Office and then the Ministry of Town and County Planning a keen architectural historian he helped to draw up guidelines on listing buildings He was promoted to Richmond in 1943 and left the civil service for the college in 1946 As Garter Wagner oversaw the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill and the investiture of the Prince of Wales and was the first director of the Heralds Museum after retiring as Garter he served as Clarenceux until his death in 1995 A leading genealogist and historian of the college Wagner published a number of important books on the topics including Heralds of England Heralds and Heraldry in the Middles Ages Pedigree and Progress and English Genealogy alongside several catalogues of the colleges manuscript collection in 1957 Oxford University awarded him the degree of DLitt and he was twice knighted as KCB and KCVO 1978 年 10 月 2 日 1992 年（退休） 科爾在參加二戰服役之前從劍橋大學與牛津大學畢業。他於 1949 年獲得律師資格，但對高等騎士法院的興趣使得他進入紋章院。他後來被任命為，並於 1957 年晉升為，於 1966 年任。在任期間，他監督了紋章院的大量修復工作，但他因未能阻止 1988 年成立而受到批評。 He conducted business at a leisurely pace and The Telegraph remarked that he would perhaps have better suited the early Hanoverians He died in 2001 1992 年 10 月 5 日 1995 年（退休） 斯旺為土生土長的加拿大人，其父為一名軍官。斯旺先後畢業於西安大略大學與劍橋大學，並在第二次世界大戰期間服役於歐洲與印度。他於 1962 年被任命為紋章院，並於 1968 年晉升為。約克於 2019 年逝世。 1995 年 10 月 5 日 2010 年（退休） 格溫 瓊斯之父為一名英國皇家砲兵軍官。格溫 瓊斯從劍橋大學三一學院畢業後首先在倫敦從事保險經紀人的工作。他於 1967 年加入紋章院擔任的助理，並在後來與合作。他於 1973 年被任命為，並於 1983 年晉升為。他被認為是一名堅持精簡與創新性幾何設計的 作品豐富的Prolific 紋章學家。 他於 2010 年逝世。 2010 年 4 月 1 日 2021 年 7 月 1 日 伍德考克畢業於杜倫大學與劍橋大學達爾文學院。他於 1975 年取得律師資格，但同年轉身去做了的研究助理。他於 1978 年被任命為，於 1982 年被任命為，於 1997 年被任命為。他曾於他人合著過一些列紋章學著作，包括《牛津紋章學指南》（The Oxford Guide to Heraldry，1982 年）與全部四卷《不列顛紋章大全：中世紀紋章》（Dictionary of British Arms Medieval Ordinary，1992 年至 2014 年） 。 2021 年 7 月 1 日 懷特先後在與劍橋大學彭布羅克學院接受教育，獲頒學位。本科生階段，他擔任主席，並在後來取得倫敦大學科陶德藝術學院藝術史專業文學碩士學位。 參考資料 Category 英國名譽官員 Category1415 年建立