Rouge Dragon Pursuivant

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]

Rouge Dragon Pursuivant

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.

The current Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms is Phillip Bone.

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
	William Tyndale or Tendale	(Henry VII)
	Thomas Bysley	(Henry VII/Henry VIII)
	William Hasyng or Hastings	(1521)
	Thomas Mylner or Milner or Miller	1530–1536
	Fulk ap Howell	1536–1539
	Martin Maroffe	1539–1553
	William Colbarne or Cowarne	1553–1564
	Edmund Knight	1564–1574
	Nicholas Paddy	1574–1588
	John Raven	1588–1597
	William Smith	1597–1618
	John Philipot	1618–1624
	Thomas Thompson	1624–1637
	Edward Walker	1637–1638
	Henry Lilly	1638
	William Crowne	1638–1661
	Everard Exton	1659–1661 (intruded)
	Francis Sandford	1661–1676
	Thomas May	1676–1677
	Gregory King	1677–1689
	Piers Mauduit	1689–1691
	Hugh Clopton	1691–1700
	John Hare	1700–1704
	Dudley Downs	1704–1719
	Arthur Shepherd	1719–1756
	Henry Hill	1756–1758
	Thomas Sherriff	1758–1763	[2]
	Thomas Locke	1763–1774
	Ralph Bigland	1774–1780
	Benjamin Pingo	1780–1786	[3]
	James Monson Philips	1786–1797
	James Cathrow	1797–1813	[4]
	Charles Young	1813–1820	[5]
	Francis Townsend	1820–1833	[6]
	James Rock	1833	[7]
	Thomas King	1833–1848	[8]
	Edward Stephen Dendy	1848–1859	[9]
	George Cokayne	1859–1870	[10]
	Sir William Henry Weldon	1870–1880	[11]
	Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty	1880–1886	[12]
	Sir Albert Woods	1886–1893	[13]
	Everard Green	1893–1911	[14]
	Sir Algar Howard	1911–1919	[15]
	Alexander Mitton	1919–1922	[16]
	Sir John Heaton-Armstrong	1922–1926	[17]
	Eric Geijer	1926–1941	[18]
	Michael Trappes-Lomax	1946–1951
	Robin Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees	1952–1962	[19]
	Sir Conrad Swan	1962–1968	[20]
	Theobald Mathew	1970–1978	[21]
	Patric Dickinson	1978–1989	[22]
	Timothy Duke	1989–1995	[23]
	Clive Cheesman	1998–2010	[24]
	Adam Tuck	2019–2023	[25]
	Phillip Bone	2023–present	[26]

See also

• Heraldry
• Officer of Arms
• College of Arms

References

Citations

1. Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, in Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, (London, 1963) pp. 219-228. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk16/pp219-228 [accessed 27 April 2024]
2. "No. 9805". The London Gazette. 1 July 1758. p. 1.
3. "No. 12080". The London Gazette. 2 May 1780. p. 4.
4. "No. 14015". The London Gazette. 3 June 1797. p. 511.
5. "No. 16768". The London Gazette. 28 August 1813. p. 1706.
6. "No. 2811". The Edinburgh Gazette. 6 June 1820. p. 171.
7. "No. 19042". The London Gazette. 26 April 1833. p. 794.
8. "No. 19049". The London Gazette. 21 May 1833. p. 950.
9. "No. 20869". The London Gazette. 20 June 1848. p. 2312.
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.
18. "No. 14281". The London Gazette. 26 October 1926. p. 1190.
19. "No. 39549". The London Gazette. 23 May 1952. p. 2814.
20. "No. 42854". The London Gazette. 11 December 1962. p. 9648.
21. "No. 45066". The London Gazette. 24 March 1970. p. 3415.
22. "No. 47662". The London Gazette. 13 October 1978. p. 12188.
23. "No. 51633". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1989. p. 1289.
24. "No. 55318". The London Gazette. 23 November 1998. p. 12727.
25. "No. 62688". The London Gazette. 20 June 2019. p. 10952.
26. "No. 64223". The London Gazette. 9 November 2023. p. 22550.

Bibliography

• The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street : being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee, Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by Sir Anthony Wagner, with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. Stanford London, (London, 1963)
• A History of the College of Arms &c, Mark Noble, (London, 1804)

External links

• The College of Arms
• CUHGS Officer of Arms Index