Charles John Burnett is a Scottish antiquarian and former officer of arms.
Burnett was born in 1940[1] and educated at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, and the University of Edinburgh. [2]
He has worked for a number of museums including Letchworth Museum, the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, the Scottish United Services Museum at Edinburgh Castle, and Duff House, Banff[1]
Burnett was appointed Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1983[3] and promoted to Ross Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 1988.[4] He retired as an6 officer of arms in 2010.[5] His 1992 M.Litt thesis at the University of Edinburgh was entitled The Officers of Arms and heraldic art under King James Sixth & First 1567-1625.[6] He is also the president of the Heraldry Society of Scotland.[7]