Henry Paston-Bedingfeld

Sir Henry Edgar Paston-Bedingfeld, 10th Baronet (born 7 December 1943) is an Officer-at-Arms of the College of Arms in London, EC4.

He currently serves as Norroy and Ulster King of Arms, the junior of the two provincial Kings-at-Arms, to which office he was appointed 20 September 2010.[1] He had previously served as York Herald since 1993[2] and before that as Rouge Croix Pursuivant since 1983.[3]

Sir Henry is the eldest son of Sir Edmund Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet, of Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, by his wife Joan Lynette Rees, to whose title he succeeded upon his father's death on 24 May 2011.

Sir Henry is an Honorary Vice-President of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society.

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Coats of arms designed by Henry Paston-Bedingfeld

See also

References

  1. ^ "College of Arms, What's New - Norroy and Ulster King of Arms". http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/WhatsNew.htm. Retrieved 27 September 2010. 
  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 53435. p. 15437. 23 September 1993. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 49291. p. 3737. 17 March 1983. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  4. ^ The Heraldry Gazette NS 64 (June 1997), 6.
  5. ^ Heraldry Gazette NS 67 (March 1998), 6.
  6. ^ Heraldry Gazette NS 67 (March 1998), 7.

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Heraldic offices
Preceded by
Thomas Woodcock
Rouge Croix Pursuivant
1983 – 1993
Succeeded by
David Vines White
Preceded by
Peter Spurrier
York Herald
1993 – 2010
Vacant
Preceded by
Patric Laurence Dickinson
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms Incumbent