Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee (11 July 1863[1] - 12 September 1927) was a British officer of arms, an expert in Japanese art and heraldry and a stage designer.
Lee was born in Aberdeen, the second son of Reverend Frederick George Lee, vicar of All Saints, Lambeth.[2] He was educated at St Mary's College, Harlow and Westminster School and became an artist and designer.
In 1888, he married Rose, the eldest daughter of Robert Wallace, Secretary to the Earl Marshal.
In 1889, he joined the College of Arms as Bluemantle Pursuivant. He was appointed York Herald on 29 November 1905 in succession to George William Marshall and then Norroy King of Arms in 1922, before being appointed Clarenceux King of Arms, the Principal Herald of South, East and West England, on 5 October 1926 in succession to William Lindsay. He was secretary to the Earl Marshal from 1911 to 1917 and the Deputy Earl Marshal from 1917 until his death.
He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1926 New Year Honours.
| Gordon de Lisle Lee | |
| Year Adopted: | 1893 |
| Crest: | A falcon or with a hawk's lure sable entwined about its body, legs gules, & bells or, preying on an eagle's leg in fess azure erased at the thigh, claws to the sinister. |
| Escutcheon: | Argent, on a fess couped between 3 crescents sable 3 hawk's lures or.[3] |
| Motto: | Fide et Constantia |
| Previous Versions: | As Bluemantle: Argent, a fess between 3 crescents sable. |