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 Joan Young, 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 Venerable Order of Saint John in 1977,[3] and an Officer in 1986.[4]

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[edit] Death

In 1998, he died at West Mersea, Essex, aged 56.

[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

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ London Gazette: no. 45066, page 3415, 24 March 1970. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 47661, page 12091, 12 October 1978. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 47369, pages 13902–13904, 4 November 1977. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 50574, pages 8249–8250, 20 June 1986. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.

[edit] References

  • 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
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NAME Mathew, Theobald David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Officer of Arms
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH London, England, UK
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1998
PLACE OF DEATH West Mersea, Essex, England, UK
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