Arthur Cochrane

Sir Arthur William Stuart Cochrane, KCVO (1872-1954) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. His heraldic career began on 19 July 1904 when he was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary to take the place of George William Marshall on the latter's promotion to the office of York Herald of Arms in Ordinary. In 1915, Conchrane was promoted to the office of Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary. He held this office until 1926 when he was promoted to Norroy King of Arms to replace Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee. Lee died two years later, in 1928. Cochrane was chosen to succeed him as Clarenceux King of Arms on 26 July of that year. In 1934, Cochrane was appointed Advisor on Naval Badges in succession to Major Foulkes and on Cochrane's death it passed on to Michael Robert Trappes-Lomax, Somerset Herald Herald of Arms in Ordinary. Since then, the post has been held by an officer of the College of Arms. From 1950, Cochrane also served as the first Patron of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society. He was patron of the society and held the office of Clarenceux until his own death in 1954.