Henry Farnham Burke

Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA (1859–1930) was a long-serving Anglo-Irish officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

Biography

A son of Sir Bernard Burke (who was Ulster King of Arms from 1853 until his death in 1892), Henry Burke was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1880. In 1887, Burke was promoted to the office of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary. On 26 October 1911, Burke was promoted to Norroy King of Arms to replace Sir William Henry Weldon.[1] In that post he was responsible for the design of the Military Cross.[2][3] In 1913 he was given the additional appointment of Genealogist of the Order of the Bath.[4] On 22 January 1919, he was promoted to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms on the death of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty.[5] He held this office until his own death in 1930.

Burke was invested as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 11 August 1902,[6][7] and was later promoted to become Knight Commander (KCVO) of the Order. He was awarded CB in the 1911 Coronation Honours.[8]

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry Farnham Burke
Crest
A cat-a-mountain sejant gardant proper, collar & chain or, on the breast a cross or.
Escutcheon
Or, a cross gules with a lion sable in the first and fourth quarters.[9]
Motto
Ung Roy, Ung Foy, Ung Loy ("One king, one faith, one law")
Orders
the circlet of the Royal Victorian Order as KCVO
Symbolism
After the arms of the House of de Burgh.

Heraldic succession

Heraldic offices
Preceded by
Stephen Isaacson Tucker
Rouge Croix Pursuivant
18801887
Succeeded by
George William Marshall
Preceded by
Stephen Isaacson Tucker
Somerset Herald
18871911
Succeeded by
Everard Green
Preceded by
Sir William Henry Weldon
Norroy King of Arms
19111919
Succeeded by
Charles Harold Athill
Preceded by
Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty
Garter King of Arms
19191930
Succeeded by
Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston

See also

References

  1. "No. 28545". The London Gazette. 27 October 1911. p. 7794.
  2. “The Military Cross: The New British War Decoration,” Illustrated London News, vol. 146, no. 3959 (6 March 1915): 1.
  3. Hoyte C. Evans, “Kitchener and the Military Cross,” Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America (March–April 1957): 14–15, accessed 3 November 2020, http://www.omsa.org/files/jomsa_arch/Splits/1957/87251_JOMSA_1957_March-April_13.pdf
  4. "No. 28697". The London Gazette. 7 March 1913. p. 1756.
  5. "No. 31168". The London Gazette. 7 February 1919. p. 1956.
  6. "Court Circular". The Times (36844). London. 12 August 1902. p. 8.
  7. "No. 27467". The London Gazette. 22 August 1902. pp. 5461–5462.
  8. "No. 28505". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1911. p. 4593.
  9. Godfrey, Walter H; Wagner, Anthony (1963). "'Garter King of Arms', in Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street (London, 1963), pp. 38-74". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-01.


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