Edward Herbert

Heraldry, Ceremony, and Genealogy.

[Lyon Court @LyonCourt]

Archbishop Cushley, Metropolitan Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, received on 28th October the Letters Patent granting Arms to the Bishops Conference of Scotland. The Lord Lyon was honoured to make the presentation personally. The artist was Clare McCrory, Herald Painter.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

The King and Queen have met Pope Leo XIV in the Apostolic Palace, to begin their State Visit to the Holy See.

Their Majesties will undertake engagements with Pope Leo XIV in celebration of the 2025 Papal Jubilee. This will include a special ecumenical service in the Sistine Chapel.

Later this afternoon, The King and Queen will visit the Papal Basilica and Abbey of ‘St. Paul’s Outside the Walls’.

📸 Vatican Media

[Edward Herbert @edwardherbert]

🎙️The first episode of my new podcast is now live!
I speak with Dr Charles Gauci, Chief Herald of Arms of Malta, about his remarkable story and the world of Maltese heraldry, nobility, and tradition. @heritagemalta

🎬 Watch now: https://t.co/sslhGuPWiH
#Heraldry #Podcast #Malta

[The Army in London @ArmyInLondon]

HRH The Duke of Kent was among 800 mourners who attended the funeral today of Field Marshal Lord Guthrie at Westminster Cathedral.

A tri-service guard, The Life Guards, a riderless horse and Welsh Guards bearer party paid tribute to a life of extraordinary service. @BritishArmy

[Nati NAGAR ◼️ @NatisArms]

The arms of Sr Symon Burley #KG, soldier & courtier, (ca. 1336-1388).
He held the offices of Ld Warden of the #CinquePorts and Constable of #Dover Castle. There is a discrepancy regarding Burley’s genealogy between BL Add MS 71511 and the ODNB entry for Simon. #heraldry

[Edward Herbert @edwardherbert]

A privilege to have been appointed a Trustee of the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies (@IHGS), an independent charitable trust dedicated to family history, heraldry, education and research. I look forward to supporting its work: https://t.co/vmZJTnL3zq

[Edward Herbert @edwardherbert]

Honoured to be formally presented with my Household Division tie. After marching off the parade square to The British Grenadiers, I’m proud to take my place in Ypres Company, @GrenadierGds @GuardsReserve.

#ArmyReserve #GrenadierGuards #HouseholdDivision

[Alastair Bruce @AlastairBruce_]

King Frederick X of #Denmark has changed the Royal Coat of Arms (see ⬇️ on light blue background)

Denmark stays in 1st Quarter & Schleswig moves to 4th.

It gives 2nd to Silver Ram of Faroe Islands & 3rd to Polar Bear of Greenland.

Arms used in reign of Queen Margrethe II are shown (on white background), for comparison.

[Edward Herbert @edwardherbert]

@AlastairBruce_ Congratulations, Alastair!

[British Army 🇬🇧 @BritishArmy]

Introducing The Royal Army Medical Service⚕️

The new corps combines the Royal Army Medical Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps, and the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, ensuring British Army healthcare is fit for the future.

Read more ⬇️
https://t.co/9wI2FS8kXN

[Edward Herbert @edwardherbert]

Honoured to receive the #SpecialConstabulary Long Service Medal. Deeply grateful for the guidance and mentorship from my teams in London and Edinburgh. Heartfelt thanks to my wife and family for their unwavering support.

[Cabinet Office @cabinetofficeuk]

From today, family members of public servants who die in service will be recognised by a new emblem
https://t.co/dZOEg3b1NM

[New College Library and Archives, Oxford @NewCollegeLib]

This fantastic 14th-century seal is affixed to a grant from the New College Archives concerning Alton, Wiltshire.

To find out more about Alton’s historical links to the college, read Michael Stanfield’s New College Note here 👉 https://t.co/zGwhNtOOfM

@NewCollegeOx, NCA 10039

[Design Week @Design_Week]

SomeOne's identity for Oxford University’s Christ Church features a crest found in an archived book: https://t.co/RZBL60iuQE

[Lyon Court @LyonCourt]

We note with sorrow the death in Canada of Gordon Macpherson, Niagara Herald Extraordinary, who designed so many beautiful heraldic bookplates to be found all over the world. May he rest in peace.

[Claire Barnes @ClaireFromClare]

Delighted to be @ClareCollege to unveil the stone sculpture of the 1359 seal - greatly enlarged for visibility! Wonderful workmanship by Cardozo Kindersley Workshop, https://t.co/AiqLz7AdpP
Iconographic key & more at https://t.co/ys6IyeZIqh

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

The first official portrait of His Majesty The King following his Coronation on 6th May.

📸 Hugo Burnand

[The Heraldry Society of Scotland @HeraldryScots]

The arms of HM the Queen being embroidered onto the back of the X-frame Throne Chairs originally used at the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937.

They are being re-used this time and the original embroidery has been removed and conserved.

[Lyon Court @LyonCourt]

The College of Arms has announced the arms granted to Her Majesty Queen Camilla, whose father matriculated arms at the Lyon Court in 1980.

[The Burgon Society @burgonsoc]

‘Traditional British Colours’ by the British Colour Council (1937) issued for the Coronation of George VI

Silk ribbons for colours of the Union Flag, sashes of orders of Knighthood; heraldic, tartan colours, samples of the velvet used for peers’ and the Duchess of Kent’s robes