College of Arms

WALES HERALD EXTRAORDINARY

On 30 June 2010 Dr Michael Siddons, F.S.A., retired as Wales Herald Extraordinary after nearly sixteen distinguished years in office. He was succeeded the following day by Thomas Lloyd, O.B.E., D.L., F.S.A. For a fuller account of the career of Michael Siddons as Wales Herald Extraordinary and an introduction to his successor, see the forthcoming September 2010 number of the College Newsletter.

PROMOTIONS

On 31 March 2010 Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, K.C.V.O., F.S.A. retired from the office of Garter Principal King of Arms. He was succeeded, with effect from 1 April, by Thomas Woodcock, L.V.O., D.L., F.S.A., formerly Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. Patric Laurence Dickinson, L.V.O., (formerly Richmond Herald) was appointed to the office of Norroy and Ulster King of Arms with effect from 6 April; he was succeeded as Richmond Herald by Clive Edwin Alexander Cheesman with effect from 7 April.

THE ARMORIAL OF HAITI

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

By decision of the College of Arms all proceeds arising from the sale of this
book will be donated to the international effort for the relief of Haiti after
the calamitous earthquake of 12 January 2010.

For full details, and how to purchase the book, please click here