Henry Burke

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Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA (1859-1930) was a long serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He was the only child of Sir John Bernard Burke who was Ulster King of Arms from 1853 until his death in 1892. Henry Farnham Burke was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1880. In 1887, Burke was promoted to the office of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary. On 26 October 1911, Burke was promoted to Norroy King of Arms to replace Sir William Henry Weldon. Eight years later, on 22 January 1919, he was promoted to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms on the death of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty. He held this office until his death in 1930.

[edit] Heraldic succession

Preceded by
Stephen Isaacson Tucker
Rouge Croix Pursuivant
1880–1887
Succeeded by
George William Marshall
Preceded by
Stephen Isaacson Tucker
Somerset Herald
1887–1911
Succeeded by
Everard Green
Preceded by
Sir William Henry Weldon
Norroy King of Arms
1911–1919
Succeeded by
Charles Harold Athill
Preceded by
Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty
Garter King of Arms
1919–1930
Succeeded by
Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston

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