Richard Graham-Vivian

Richard Preston Graham-Vivian, MVO, MC (10 August 1896—1979) was a long-serving English officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He was the son of Sir Richard James Graham, 4th Baronet, and Lady Mabel Cynthia Duncombe. On 7 December 1921, he married Audrey Emily Vivian, who was an only daughter, and the source of the second surname that Graham-Vivian adopted. His heraldic career began in 1933 when he was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary at the College of Arms. He held this office until 7 February 1947. On that date, he was promoted to the office of Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary to fill the vacancy left by the death of Alfred Trego Butler. He remained a herald in ordinary until 1966, when he was made Norroy and Ulster King of Arms on the retirement of Aubrey John Toppin. Graham-Vivian would hold this office until his own retirement 1971. He died in 1979.