The director of the College of Arms is the duke of Norfolk, who holds the title earlmarshal. Reporting to him are several heralds (also called officers of arms), who are appointed by the Britishsovereign. They include three kings of arms, or senior heralds (Garter, Norroy andUlster, and ...
Men at Arms is the 15th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett first published in 1993. It is the second novel about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch on the Discworld. Edward d'Eath, an Assassin and son of a down-and-out noble family, becomes convinced that the r
When the memorial is submitted the fees due upon a grant of arms become payable. Fees are laid down by Earl Marshal's Warrant. Those wishing to know further details of the fee structure should contact the officer in waiting at the College of Arms. If the Earl Marshal approves a petition...
However, at the trial of the celebrated controversy between Sir Richard Le Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor, for the right to bear the arms azure a bend or, held 20th August, 1385, before the high constable of England, and Sir John de Multon, Deputy to the Earl Marshal, and adjourned to...
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King of Arms is the senior rank of an officer of arms. In many heraldic traditions, only a king of arms has the authority to grant armorial bearings. In England, the authority to grant a coat of arms is subject to the formal approval of the Earl Marshal in the form of a warrant. In...
(Important non-SCA arms) Howard, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England|9412L|a|Gules, a bend between six crosses crosslet fitchy argent, for augmentation, on the bend in chief an escutcheon Or charged with a demi- lion its mouth pierced by an arrow within a double tressure flory ...
On return to the Battalion, George helped defend the Warneton sector, and when withdrawn to the Lumbres area for training was inspected on parade by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haigh, in a ceremony watched by Winston Churchill. Then the New Zealand Division was moved into the Ypres area in prep...
In 1910, at the request of the New Zealand Government, Field Marshal Viscount Kitchener inspected New Zealand’s Forces. Kitchener provided several recommendations concerning the ongoing reforms, emphasising the need for a professional Staff Corps to administer the force and confirming the requirement ...
of lieutenant-colonel, however, promotion was entirely by seniority. The only exception to this ponderous system was the promotion, in 1813, of Wellington himself to field-marshal. Wellington, therefore, had little say in the appointment of general officers, and largely had to make do with ...