Graham Bartram

Graham Bartram is a British vexillologist who is currently Secretary-General for Congresses of the Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques,^[1] the Chief Vexillologist of the Flag Institute ^[2] and a consultant to the British government on flag design and usage.

Graham Bartram was born on 18 July 1963 in Montrose, Angus, in Scotland. He grew up in Scotland, Ireland and West Africa. While living in Accra that he developed his lifelong interest in flags.

He has designed:

• A proposal of Antarctic flag. It portrays a white Antarctica (with no boundaries shown) on a light blue background.
• The Queen's Colour of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
• The flag of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
• The flag of Tristan da Cunha.
• The symbols of the UK Border Agency.
• The flag of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom^[3].
• The flag of The National Register of Historic Ships.

Published material

Bartram is the author of the book "British Flags and Emblems"^[4] and edits the British military flag book (now a CD-ROM) "BR20 Flags of All Nations". He also wrote the booklet "Flying Flags in the United Kingdom"^[5] which is published by the Flag Institute in association with the Flags & Heraldry Committee of the UK Parliament.

He also maintains the World Flag Database.

Awards and honours

He was made a Fellow of the Flag Institute in 2005 for his services to the Institute.

References

External links

• World Flag Database.