Henry Farnham Burke

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Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA (1859 – 1930) was a long-serving Anglo-Irish officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

Biography

A son of Sir Bernard Burke (who was Ulster King of Arms from 1853 until his death in 1892), Henry Burke was appointed Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1880. In 1887, Burke was promoted to the office of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary. On 26 October 1911, Burke was promoted to Norroy King of Arms to replace Sir William Henry Weldon.[1] In 1913 he was given the additional appointment of Genealogist of the Order of the Bath.[2] On 22 January 1919, he was promoted to the office of Garter Principal King of Arms on the death of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty.[3] He held this office until his own death in 1930.

Heraldic succession

Heraldic offices
Preceded by
Stephen Isaacson Tucker		 Rouge Croix Pursuivant
1880–1887 		Succeeded by
George William Marshall
Preceded by
Stephen Isaacson Tucker		 Somerset Herald
1887–1911 		Succeeded by
Everard Green
Preceded by
Sir William Henry Weldon		 Norroy King of Arms
1911–1919 		Succeeded by
Charles Harold Athill
Preceded by
Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty		 Garter King of Arms
1919–1930 		Succeeded by
Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston

See also

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28545. p. 7794. 27 October 1911. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28697. p. 1756. 7 March 1913. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31168. p. 1956. 7 February 1919. Retrieved 2007-11-29.

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