Beaumont Herald Extraordinary Explained

Tradition:	Gallo-British
Jurisdiction:	England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Authority:	College of Arms

Beaumont Herald of Arms Extraordinary was an officer of arms extraordinary in England. Beaumont was a royal herald, but was not a member of the College of Arms. The office was created in 1982 and named after the barony of Beaumont, one of the subsidiary titles of the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk. The badge of office combines the cross potent of the Kings of Jerusalem from whom the Beaumonts are descended, with the lion and fleur-de-lis charges from the family coat of arms. It is blazoned In front of a Cross Potent a Lion rampant within eight Fleurs-de-lis in orle Or.^[1]

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
	Francis Sedley Andrus	24 March 1982–2009
	Vacant	2009–present

See also

• Heraldry
• Officer of Arms

References

CitationsBibliography

• 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

• The College of Arms
• CUHGS Officer of Arms Index

Notes and References

1. Book: Chesshyre, Hubert . Heralds of Today, A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987-2001 . Hubert Chesshyre . Ailes, Adrian . 2001 . Illuminata Publishers . London . 0-9537845-1-7 . 42 .