Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms, named after the red dragon of Wales. The office was instituted by Henry VII on 29 October 1485, the eve of his coronation.[1]
 The heraldic badge of Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary | |
| Heraldic tradition | Gallo-British |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
| Governing body | College of Arms |
The current Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms is Phillip Bone.
Holders of the office
edit| Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
|
William Tyndale or Tendale | (Henry VII) | |
|
Thomas Bysley | (Henry VII/Henry VIII) | |
|
William Hasyng or Hastings | (1521) | |
| Thomas Mylner or Milner or Miller | 1530–1536 | ||
| Fulk ap Howell | 1536–1539 | ||
| Martin Maroffe | 1539–1553 | ||
|
William Colbarne or Cowarne | 1553–1564 | |
|
Edmund Knight | 1564–1574 | |
|
Nicholas Paddy | 1574–1588 | |
|
John Raven | 1588–1597 | |
| William Smith | 1597–1618 | ||
|
John Philipot | 1618–1624 | |
|
Thomas Thompson | 1624–1637 | |
|
Edward Walker | 1637–1638 | |
| Henry Lilly | 1638 | ||
| William Crowne | 1638–1661 | ||
| Everard Exton | 1659–1661 (intruded) | ||
|
Francis Sandford | 1661–1676 | |
|
Thomas May | 1676–1677 | |
|
Gregory King | 1677–1689 | |
|
Piers Mauduit | 1689–1691 | |
| Hugh Clopton | 1691–1700 | ||
|
John Hare | 1700–1704 | |
| Dudley Downs | 1704–1719 | ||
| Arthur Shepherd | 1719–1756 | ||
|
Henry Hill | 1756–1758 | |
| Thomas Sherriff | 1758–1763 | [2] | |
|
Thomas Locke | 1763–1774 | |
|
Ralph Bigland | 1774–1780 | |
|
Benjamin Pingo | 1780–1786 | [3] |
| James Monson Philips | 1786–1797 | ||
|
James Cathrow | 1797–1813 | [4] |
|
Charles Young | 1813–1820 | [5] |
| Francis Townsend | 1820–1833 | [6] | |
| James Rock | 1833 | [7] | |
| Thomas King | 1833–1848 | [8] | |
|
Edward Stephen Dendy | 1848–1859 | [9] |
|
George Cokayne | 1859–1870 | [10] |
|
Sir William Henry Weldon | 1870–1880 | [11] |
|
Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty | 1880–1886 | [12] |
|
Sir Albert Woods | 1886–1893 | [13] |
|
Everard Green | 1893–1911 | [14] |
|
Sir Algar Howard | 1911–1919 | [15] |
| Alexander Mitton | 1919–1922 | [16] | |
|
Sir John Heaton-Armstrong | 1922–1926 | [17] |
| Eric Geijer | 1926–1941 | [18] | |
|
Michael Trappes-Lomax | 1946–1951 | |
|
Robin Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees | 1952–1962 | [19] |
|
Sir Conrad Swan | 1962–1968 | [20] |
|
Theobald Mathew | 1970–1978 | [21] |
|
Patric Dickinson | 1978–1989 | [22] |
|
Timothy Duke | 1989–1995 | [23] |
|
Clive Cheesman | 1998–2010 | [24] |
| Adam Tuck | 2019–2023 | [25] | |
| Phillip Bone | 2023–present | [26] |
See also
editReferences
editCitations
- ^ Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, in Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, (London, 1963) pp. 219-228. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp219-228 [accessed 27 April 2024]
- ^ "No. 9805". The London Gazette. 1 July 1758. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 12080". The London Gazette. 2 May 1780. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 14015". The London Gazette. 3 June 1797. p. 511.
- ^ "No. 16768". The London Gazette. 28 August 1813. p. 1706.
- ^ "No. 2811". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 June 1820. p. 171.
- ^ "No. 19042". The London Gazette. 26 April 1833. p. 794.
- ^ "No. 19049". The London Gazette. 21 May 1833. p. 950.
- ^ "No. 20869". The London Gazette. 20 June 1848. p. 2312.
- ^ "No. 22336". The London Gazette. 13 December 1859. p. 4711.
- ^ "No. 23581". The London Gazette. 28 January 1870. p. 535.
- ^ "No. 24840". The London Gazette. 30 April 1880. p. 2785.
- ^ "No. 25637". The London Gazette. 26 October 1886. p. 5158.
- ^ "No. 26382". The London Gazette. 14 March 1893. p. 1615.
- ^ "No. 28545". The London Gazette. 27 October 1911. p. 7794.
- ^ "No. 13527". The London Gazette. 18 November 1919. p. 3612.
- ^ "No. 32665". The London Gazette. 7 April 1922. p. 2813.
- ^ "No. 14281". The London Gazette. 26 October 1926. p. 1190.
- ^ "No. 39549". The London Gazette. 23 May 1952. p. 2814.
- ^ "No. 42854". The London Gazette. 11 December 1962. p. 9648.
- ^ "No. 45066". The London Gazette. 24 March 1970. p. 3415.
- ^ "No. 47662". The London Gazette. 13 October 1978. p. 12188.
- ^ "No. 51633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1989. p. 1289.
- ^ "No. 55318". The London Gazette. 23 November 1998. p. 12727.
- ^ "No. 62688". The London Gazette. 20 June 2019. p. 10952.
- ^ "No. 64223". The London Gazette. 9 November 2023. p. 22550.
Bibliography
- The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street : being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee, Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by Sir Anthony Wagner, with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. Stanford London, (London, 1963)
- A History of the College of Arms &c, Mark Noble, (London, 1804)