Robert Noel (officer of arms)
Robert Noel | |
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| Clarenceux King of Arms | |
| Assumed office 28 October 2024 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Preceded by | Timothy Duke |
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| Born | 15 October 1962 |
| Alma mater | St Edmund's College, Cambridge |
Robert John Baptist Noel (born 15 October 1962) is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.[1] He has been Clarenceux King of Arms since October 2024.
Early life
[edit]The younger son of Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel, of Westington Mill, Chipping Campden, a barrister, he is in remainder to his grandfather's earldom. Robert Noel was educated at Ampleforth College, Exeter College, Oxford (MA) and St Edmund's College, Cambridge (MPhil).
Career
[edit]Noel trained as a shipbroker, then as a library assistant at the College of Arms before joining the auctioneers, Christie's of London. He was appointed Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms at the College of Arms on 27 October 1992,[2] and succeeded Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones as Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary on 21 September 1999.[3] On 6 April 2021, he was appointed Norroy and Ulster King of Arms in succession to Timothy Duke.[4] In that role, he proclaimed the accession of Charles III from Hillsborough Castle,[5] and took part in the Royal Procession at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla in May 2023.[6] On 28 October 2024, he was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms in succession to Timothy Duke.[7]
He is a Freeman of the City of London and has been admitted as a liveryman of the Glaziers' Company. He serves as the genealogist for the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Noel married Rowena Hale in 2013.[9]
Arms
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "College of Arms - College of Arms". www.college-of-arms.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "No. 53094". The London Gazette. 2 November 1992. p. 18353.
- ^ "No. 55620". The London Gazette. 27 September 1999. p. 10313.
- ^ "No. 63317". The London Gazette. 12 April 2021. p. 6712.
- ^ "King Charles III: Accession Proclamation read at Hillsborough". BBC News. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "No. 64557". The London Gazette. 4 November 2024. p. 22186.
- ^ "Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor". Archived from the original on 1 January 2008.
- ^ "Noel, Robert John Baptist". WHO'S WHO 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Armorial - Honorary Members - Robert S J B NOEL". whitelionsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- Heralds of Today: A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001, Hubert Chesshyre and Adrian Ailes, (Illuminata, London 2001) ISBN 0-9537845-1-7
External links
[edit]- The College of Arms
- CUHAGS Officer of Arms Index
- Who's Who 2015 Archived 2017-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
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