Theobald Mathew (officer of arms)

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This article is about the English officer of arms. For an Irish temperance reformer, see Theobald Mathew (temperance reformer).

Theobald David Mathew, Esq, MA, (7 April 1942 – 24 December 1998) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

Theobald Mathew was the son of solicitor Robert Mathew, and great-nephew of Sir Arthur Cochrane, Clarenceux King of Arms from 1928 to 1954. He was educated at Downside and Balliol College, Oxford.

Mathew was a Green Staff Officer at the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969. He was appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary on March 24, 1970 ^[1], and promoted to Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary on October 9, 1978 ^[2]. Mathew reigned from this post in 1997. He had also been deputy treasurer of the College of Arms from 1978.

Theobald Mathew was made an Esquire of the Order of St. John in 1977 ^[3], and an Officer in 1986 ^[4]. He died on or shortly before December 24, 1998.

Contents 1 Coat of Arms 2 See also 3 Notes 4 Reference

[edit] Coat of Arms

Theobald Mathew was granted armorial bearings on March 5, 1981. These are blazoned

• (Arms) Or a lion rampant and a chief engrailed of three points flory sable
• (Crest) A heathcock sable beaked and legged gules supporting with the dexter claw an ostrich feather gold

[edit] See also

• Heraldry
• Pursuivant
• Herald

[edit] Notes

1. ^ London Gazette, March 24, 1970
2. ^ London Gazette, October 12 1978
3. ^ London Gazette, November 4, 1977
4. ^ London Gazette, June 20, 1986

[edit] Reference

Heralds of Today: A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001, Hubert Chesshyre and Adrian Ailes, (Illuminata, London 2001) ISBN 0-9537845-1-7

Persondata
NAME	Mathew, Theobald David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Officer of Arms
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	December 24, 1998
PLACE OF DEATH