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Irish officer of arms (1859–1930)
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 that post he was responsible for the design of the
Military Cross.
[2]
[3] In 1913 he was given the additional appointment of
Genealogist of the
Order of the Bath.
[4] On 22 January 1919, he was promoted to the office of
Garter Principal King of Arms on the death of
Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty.
[5] He held this office until his own death in 1930.
Burke was invested as a Commander of the
Royal Victorian Order (CVO) by King
Edward VII at
Buckingham Palace on 11 August 1902,
[6]
[7] and was later promoted to become Knight Commander (KCVO) of the Order. He was awarded
CB in the
1911 Coronation Honours.
[8]
Arms
Coat of arms of Henry Farnham Burke
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- Crest
- A cat-a-mountain sejant gardant proper, collar & chain or, on the breast a cross or.
- Escutcheon
- Or, a cross gules with a lion sable in the first and fourth quarters.
[9]
- Motto
- Ung Roy, Ung Foy, Ung Loy ("One king, one faith, one law")
- Orders
- the circlet of the Royal Victorian Order as KCVO
- Symbolism
- After the arms of the
House of de Burgh.
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Heraldic succession
See also
References
Citations
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^
"No. 28545".
The London Gazette. 27 October 1911. p. 7794.
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^ “The Military Cross: The New British War Decoration,” Illustrated London News, vol. 146, no. 3959 (6 March 1915): 1.
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^ Hoyte C. Evans, “Kitchener and the Military Cross,” Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America (March–April 1957): 14–15, accessed 3 November 2020,
http://www.omsa.org/files/jomsa_arch/Splits/1957/87251_JOMSA_1957_March-April_13.pdf
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^
"No. 28697".
The London Gazette. 7 March 1913. p. 1756.
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^
"No. 31168".
The London Gazette. 7 February 1919. p. 1956.
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^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36844. London. 12 August 1902. p. 8.
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^
"No. 27467".
The London Gazette. 22 August 1902. pp. 5461–5462.
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"No. 28505".
The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 June 1911. p. 4593.
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^ Godfrey, Walter H; Wagner, Anthony (1963).
"'Garter King of Arms', in Survey of London Monograph 16, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street (London, 1963), pp. 38-74". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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