Rouge Dragon Pursuivant

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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]

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Rouge Dragon Pursuivant
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The heraldic badge of Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary
 
Heraldic traditionGallo-British
JurisdictionEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Governing bodyCollege of Arms
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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

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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]
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