Patric Laurence Dickinson, LVO is Clarenceux King of Arms.
Dickinson (born 24 November 1950) was educated at Marling School in Stroud, Gloucestershire before going up to Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated as MA. He was President of the Oxford Union Society and was subsequently called to the bar at the Middle Temple. Dickinson served as a research assistant at the College of Arms in 1968 until his appointment as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1978. He served as Richmond Herald from 25 January 1989 until 6 April 2010. On 6 April 2010 he was promoted to Norroy and Ulster King of Arms and Principal Herald of the North part of England and of Northern Ireland,[1] holding this office very briefly until he promoted to Clarenceux King of Arms and Principal Herald for the South, East and West parts of England on 1 September 2010.[2] In 2004 Dickinson was named Secretary of the Order of the Garter. He is also, inter alios, a Vice-President of the Anthony Powell Society and President of the Society of Genealogists.
| Heraldic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Theobald Mathew |
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant 1978–1989 |
Succeeded by Timothy Duke |
| Preceded by Michael Maclagan |
Richmond Herald 1989–2010 |
Succeeded by Clive Cheesman |
| Preceded by Thomas Woodcock |
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms 2010 |
Succeeded by Henry Paston-Bedingfeld |
| Preceded by Hubert Chesshyre |
Clarenceux King of Arms 2010–present |
Incumbent |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by Hubert Chesshyre |
Secretary of the Order of the Garter 2004 – present |
Incumbent |