Rouge Dragon Pursuivant

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Rouge Dragon Pursuivant
Badge of the Rouge Dragon Pursuivant.svg
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 badge as displayed on a banner hanging in the College of Arms. Rouge Dragon Badge.JPG
The badge as displayed on a banner hanging in the College of Arms.

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]

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The current Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms is Phillip Bone.

Holders of the office

ArmsNameDate of appointmentRef
Arms of William Tyndale.svg William Tyndale or Tendale(Henry VII)
Arms of Thomas Bysley.svg Thomas Bysley(Henry VII/Henry VIII)
Arms of William Hastings.svg William Hasyng or Hastings(1521)
Thomas Mylner or Milner or Miller1530–1536
Fulk ap Howell1536–1539
Martin Maroffe1539–1553
Arms of William Colbarne.svg William Colbarne or Cowarne1553–1564
Arms of Edmund Knight.svg Edmund Knight1564–1574
Arms of Nicholas Paddy.svg Nicholas Paddy1574–1588
Arms of John Raven.svg John Raven1588–1597
William Smith1597–1618
Arms of John Philipot.svg John Philipot 1618–1624
Arms of Samuel Thompson.svg Thomas Thompson 1624–1637
Arms of Sir Edward Walker.svg Edward Walker 1637–1638
Henry Lilly1638
William Crowne 1638–1661
Everard Exton1659–1661 (intruded)
Arms of Francis Sandford.svg Francis Sandford 1661–1676
Arms of Thomas May.svg Thomas May1676–1677
Arms of Gregory King.svg Gregory King 1677–1689
Arms of Peers Mauduit.svg Piers Mauduit1689–1691
Hugh Clopton1691–1700
Arms of John Hare.svg John Hare1700–1704
Dudley Downs1704–1719
Arthur Shepherd1719–1756
Arms of Henry Hill.svg Henry Hill1756–1758
Thomas Sherriff1758–1763 [2]
Arms of Thomas Lock.svg Thomas Locke1763–1774
Arms of Sir Ralph Bigland.svg Ralph Bigland 1774–1780
Arms of Benjamin Pingo.svg Benjamin Pingo 1780–1786 [3]
James Monson Philips1786–1797
Arms of James Cathrow.svg James Cathrow1797–1813 [4]
Arms of Sir Charles Young.svg Charles George Young1813–1820 [5]
Francis Townsend1820–1833 [6]
James Rock1833 [7]
Thomas William King1833–1848 [8]
Arms of Edward Stephen Dendy.svg Edward Stephen Dendy 1848–1859 [9]
Arms of Cockayne.svg George Edward Cokayne, Esq., FSA 1859–1870 [10]
Arms of Sir William Weldon.svg Sir William Henry Weldon, KCVO, FSA1870–1880 [11]
Arms of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty.svg Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty, KCVO, KJStJ, FSA1880–1886 [12]
Arms of Sir Albert Woods.svg Sir Albert William Woods, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, KGStJ, FSA1886–1893 [13]
Arms of Everard Green.svg Everard Green, Esq., FSA1893–1911 [14]
Arms of Sir Algar Howard.svg Sir Algar Henry Stafford Howard, KCB, KCVO, MC, TD 1911–1919 [15]
Lt. Alexander Warren Drury Mitton 1919–1922 [16]
Arms of Sir John Heaton-Armstrong.svg Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong, MVO 1922–1926 [17]
Eric Neville Geijer, Esq., MC, FSA1926–1941 [18]
Arms of Michael Roger Trappes-Lomax.svg Michael Roger Trappes-Lomax, Esq., FSA1946–1951
Arms of Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees.svg Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees, Esq.1952–1962 [19]
Arms of Sir Conrad Swan.svg Sir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan, KCVO, FSA1962–1968 [20]
Arms of Theobald Mathew.svg Theobald Mathew, Esq.1970–1978 [21]
Arms of Patric Dickinson.svg Patric Dickinson, Esq., CVO 1978–1989 [22]
Arms of Timothy Duke.svg Timothy Hugh Stewart Duke, Esq. FSA1989–1995 [23]
Arms of Clive Edwin Alexander Cheesman.svg Clive Edwin Alexander Cheesman, Esq., FSA1998–2010 [24]
Adam Simon Tuck, Esq.2019–2023 [25]
Phillip Alan Bone, Esq.2023–present [26]

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References

Citations

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  10. "No. 22336". The London Gazette. 13 December 1859. p. 4711.
  11. "No. 23581". The London Gazette. 28 January 1870. p. 535.
  12. "No. 24840". The London Gazette. 30 April 1880. p. 2785.
  13. "No. 25637". The London Gazette. 26 October 1886. p. 5158.
  14. "No. 26382". The London Gazette. 14 March 1893. p. 1615.
  15. "No. 28545". The London Gazette. 27 October 1911. p. 7794.
  16. "No. 13527". The London Gazette. 18 November 1919. p. 3612.
  17. "No. 32665". The London Gazette. 7 April 1922. p. 2813.
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  20. "No. 42854". The London Gazette. 11 December 1962. p. 9648.
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