Robert Noel (officer of arms)

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Robert Noel
LVO
Robert Noel.jpg
As Lancaster, at a Windsor Garter Service, 2006
Clarenceux King of Arms
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 October 2024
Children3
Parents
Alma mater Exeter College, Oxford
St Edmund's College, Cambridge

Robert John Baptist Noel LVO (born 15 October 1962) is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London, [1] who serves as Clarenceux King of Arms since October 2024.

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Early life

The younger son of barrister Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel, of Westington Mill, Chipping Campden, editor of the Catholic Herald , he is in remainder to his grandfather's earldom.

Robert Noel was educated at Ampleforth College, Exeter College, Oxford (MA) and St Edmund's College, Cambridge (MPhil). [2]

Career

Noel trained as a shipbroker, [3] then as a library assistant at the College of Arms before joining the auctioneers, Christie's of London.

Appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms at the College of Arms on 27 October 1992, [4] he succeeded Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones as Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary on 21 September 1999. [5] On 6 April 2021, he was promoted Norroy and Ulster King of Arms in succession to Timothy Duke. [6] In that role, he proclaimed the accession of Charles III from Hillsborough Castle, [7] and took part in the Royal Procession at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla in May 2023. [8] On 28 October 2024, he was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms upon Timothy Duke's retirement. [9]

A Freeman of the City of London, Noel is a Liveryman of the Glaziers' Company and serves as Genealogist of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor. [10]

Noel was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2025 Birthday Honours. [11]

Personal life

In 2013, Noel married Rowena Hale, daughter of Dennis Hale; [12] having a son and a daughter.

Arms

Coat of arms of Robert John Baptist Noel
Arms of Noel, Earl of Gainsborough.svg
Notes
Established by Gerard Noel Edward pursuant to a Royal Licence allowing him to take and bear the arms of Noel and use the surname Noel only. [13]
Adopted
22 May 1798
Crest
A Buck at gaze Argent attired Or.
Escutcheon
Or fretty Gules a Canton Ermine.
Motto
Tout bien ou rien ("Do it well or not at all")
Other elements
As Clarenceux, Noel can impale his arms of office (dexter) with his family arms (sinister):

Coat of Arms of the Clarenceux King of Arms.svg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College of Arms - College of Arms". www.college-of-arms.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ↑ www.burkespeerage.com
  3. ↑ www.balticexchange.com
  4. ↑ "No. 53094". The London Gazette. 2 November 1992. p. 18353.
  5. ↑ "No. 55620". The London Gazette. 27 September 1999. p. 10313.
  6. ↑ "No. 63317". The London Gazette. 12 April 2021. p. 6712.
  7. ↑ "King Charles III: Accession Proclamation read at Hillsborough". BBC News. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "No. 64557". The London Gazette. 4 November 2024. p. 22186.
  10. ↑ "Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor". Archived from the original on 1 January 2008.
  11. ↑ "King's Birthday Honours". The London Gazette. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Noel, Robert John Baptist". WHO'S WHO 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Armorial - Honorary Members - Robert S J B NOEL". whitelionsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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