Wales Herald Extraordinary

Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary (Herodr Arbennig Cymru in Welsh) is a current Officer of Arms Extraordinary under the Courts of England and Wales' jurisdiction. Wales is a Royal Herald, ie a member of the Royal Household, and whilst 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 Queen officially opens a session of the National Assembly for Wales at Cardiff Bay.[1]

Wales Herald Extraordinary
The heraldic badge of
Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary
 
Heraldic traditionGallo-British
JurisdictionEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Governing bodyCollege of Arms
Thomas Lloyd, current Wales Herald

There was formerly a Wales Herald in the late fourteenth century, but that office was short-lived.[2] 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.[3]

Holders of the office
Arms Name Date of appointment Ref
Francis Jones 9 August 1963–1993 [4]
Michael Siddons 2 November 1994–2010 [5]
Thomas Owen Saunders Lloyd 30 June 2010–Present [6]

See also

References
Citations
  1. Chesshyre, Hubert; Ailes, Adrian (2001). Heralds of Today, A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001. London: Illuminata Publishers. pp. 51–53. ISBN 0-9537845-1-7.
  2. "Wales Herald Extraordinary". www.cgnfhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  3. The Heraldry Gazette, Issue 118, December 2010. ISSN 0437-2980
  4. "No. 43077". The London Gazette. 9 August 1963. p. 6683.
  5. "No. 53849". The London Gazette. 15 November 1994. p. 15981.
  6. "No. 59505". The London Gazette. 2 August 2010. p. 14735.
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)
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