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Timothy Duke
Office 1Clarenceux King of Arms
Monarch 1Elizabeth II
Charles III
Term start 11 April 2021
Term end 130 September 2024
Predecessor 1Patric Dickinson
Successor 1Robert Noel
Birth nameTimothy Hugh Stewart Duke
Birth date12 June 1953 (age 73)
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Timothy Hugh Stewart Duke, (born 12 June 1953)[2][3] is a retired officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.

Career

Timothy Duke is the son of William Falcon Duke and his wife, Mary Cecile, née Jackson. He was educated at Uppingham School and then Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA degree and later proceeding to MA. He served as a research assistant at the College from 1981,[3] before he began his career as an officer of arms in 1989 when he was appointed Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary.[4] He held this position until 7 August 1995, when he was appointed Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary.[5] He was appointed Norroy and Ulster King of Arms on 1 July 2014.[3][6] On 1 April 2021, he was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms in succession to Patric Dickinson.[7] In that role, he proclaimed the accession of Charles III from the Royal Exchange in the City of London on 10 September 2022,[8] and took part in the Royal Procession at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla.[9] He retired from the College of Arms on 30 September 2024.[10]

He became an Esquire of the Order of St John in 1988,[11] Honorary Secretary of the Harleian Society in 1994,[3] and in 2010 was appointed Honorary Genealogist to the Order of St Michael and St George.[12] He was Secretary of the College of Arms Trust from 1995 until 2024.[13] In 2018, Duke was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[14]

Decorations

Arms

Timothy Hugh Stewart Duke
Year adopted12 June 1995[1]
CrestA Bengal Tiger passant guardant proper emerging from standing wheat and gorged with a coronet gold.
EscutcheonPer fess sable and Or, a fess per fess between two cotises their outer edges in the form of the upper rim of a Ducal Coronet all counterchanged.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Armorial - Presidents & VPs - Timothy Hugh Stewart DUKE". whitelionsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  2. ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 10 June 2014. Mr Timothy Duke, Chester Herald of Arms, 60
  3. ^ "Duke, Timothy Hugh Stewart", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, November 2014). Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  4. ^ No. 51633. 1 February 1989. p. 1289.
  5. ^ No. 54127. 11 August 1995. p. 11019.
  6. ^ "New Norroy and Ulster King of Arms", College of Arms, 3 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Crown Office", The London Gazette, 9 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Crowds enjoy 'momentous' scene as Charles proclaimed King outside Royal Exchange". The Independent. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Timothy Duke Retires". College of Arms. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  11. ^ No. 51405. 11 July 1988. pp. 7916–7917.
  12. ^ "June 2010 Newsletter (No. 25)". College of Arms. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Timothy Duke Retires". College of Arms. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  14. ^ "1 Mar Ballot Results", Society of Antiquaries of London, 1 March 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.