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Wales Herald Extraordinary

{{Short description|Royal Herald with ceremonial duties}}

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Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary

|tradition = Gallo-British

|jurisdiction = England, Wales and Northern Ireland

|authority = College of Arms

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File:Thomas Lloyd Wales Herald Extraordinary (cropped).jpg

Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary ({{langx|cy|Herodr Arbennig Cymru}}) is a current Officer of Arms Extraordinary under the Courts of England and Wales' jurisdiction. Wales is a Royal Herald, i.e. a member of the Royal Household, and while not being a member of chapter of the College of Arms, processes with the other heralds at ceremonial occasions. Wales Herald forms an integral part of the procession when the British monarch officially opens a session of Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament at Cardiff Bay.{{cite book |title=Heralds of Today, A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001 |last=Chesshyre |first=Hubert |author-link=Hubert Chesshyre |author2=Ailes, Adrian |year=2001 |publisher=Illuminata Publishers |location=London |isbn=0-9537845-1-7 |pages=51–53 }}

There was formerly a Wales Herald in the late 14th century, but that office was short-lived.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cgnfhs.org.uk/walehe98.htm |title=Wales Herald Extraordinary |website=www.cgnfhs.org.uk |access-date=2018-11-28}} The post was re-established in 1963 as an Officer of Arms Extraordinary, its first appointee being Francis Jones.

The badge dates from 1967 and depicts a treasured medieval Welsh possession, the Croes Naid—a cross heavily gilded and jewelled and said to contain a fragment of the True Cross of Jesus Christ; it is blazoned Issuant from an open Royal Crown of the 13th century Or a representation of a Croes Naid also Or jewelled Proper.

The present Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary is Thomas Lloyd, OBE, DL, FSA, having succeeded Michael Siddons in 2010.The Heraldry Gazette, Issue 118, December 2010. {{ISSN|0437-2980}}

Holders of the office

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|Francis Jones

|9 August 1963 – 1993

|{{London Gazette |issue=43077 |date=9 August 1963 |page=6683 }}

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|Michael Siddons

|2 November 1994 – 2010

|{{London Gazette |issue=53849 |date=15 November 1994 |page=15981 |nolink=yes }}

|Thomas Owen Saunders Lloyd

|30 June 2010 – Present

|{{London Gazette |issue=59505 |date=2 August 2010 |page=14735 |nolink=yes }}

See also

References

Citations

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Bibliography

  • The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street: being the sixteenth and final monograph of the London Survey Committee, Walter H. Godfrey, assisted by Sir Anthony Wagner, with a complete list of the officers of arms, prepared by H. Stanford London, (London, 1963)
  • A History of the College of Arms &c, Mark Noble, (London, 1804)

External links

  • [http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk The College of Arms]

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Category:English offices of arms