Rodney Dennys

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Rodney Onslow Dennys, CVO, OBE, FSA (1911–13 August 1993) was a British foreign service operative and long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Dennys joined the Foreign Service in 1937, serving in various intelligence posts, including Cairo and Paris. His wife, Elizabeth, was a sister of the late Graham Greene, and they had one son and two daughters. Dennys joined the staff at the College of Arms in 1958. His first heraldic appointment came on 8 August 1961 when he was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary to replace Walter Verco. He continued in this office until 1967 when he was appointed Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary. He held this position until his retirement in 1982 to the post of Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary.

[edit] Publications

• Rodney Dennys. The Heraldic Imagination. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1975.
• Rodney Dennys. Heraldry and the Heralds. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982 and 1984.

[edit] See also

• Heraldry
• Pursuivant
• Herald

[edit] External links

• The College of Arms
• CUHAGS Officer of Arms Index
• London Gazette notice of appointment as Rouge Croix Pursuivant