| Tradition: | Gallo-British |
| Jurisdiction: | England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
| Authority: | College of Arms |
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a junior officer of arms of the College of Arms, named after the red dragon of Wales. The office was instituted by Henry VII on 29 October 1485, the eve of his coronation.[1]
The current Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms is Phillip Bone.
| Arms | Name | Date of appointment | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Tyndale or Tendale | (Henry VII) | ||
| Thomas Bysley | (Henry VII/Henry VIII) | ||
| William Hasyng or Hastings | (1521) | ||
| Thomas Mylner or Milner or Miller | 1530–1536 | ||
| Fulk ap Howell | 1536–1539 | ||
| Martin Maroffe | 1539–1553 | ||
| William Colbarne or Cowarne | 1553–1564 | ||
| Edmund Knight | 1564–1574 | ||
| Nicholas Paddy | 1574–1588 | ||
| John Raven | 1588–1597 | ||
| William Smith | 1597–1618 | ||
| John Philipot | 1618–1624 | ||
| Thomas Thompson | 1624–1637 | ||
| Edward Walker | 1637–1638 | ||
| Henry Lilly | 1638 | ||
| William Crowne | 1638–1661 | ||
| Everard Exton | 1659–1661 (intruded) | ||
| Francis Sandford | 1661–1676 | ||
| Thomas May | 1676–1677 | ||
| Gregory King | 1677–1689 | ||
| Piers Mauduit | 1689–1691 | ||
| Hugh Clopton | 1691–1700 | ||
| John Hare | 1700–1704 | ||
| Dudley Downs | 1704–1719 | ||
| Arthur Shepherd | 1719–1756 | ||
| Henry Hill | 1756–1758 | ||
| Thomas Sherriff | 1758–1763 | ||
| Thomas Locke | 1763–1774 | ||
| Ralph Bigland | 1774–1780 | ||
| Benjamin Pingo | 1780–1786 | ||
| James Monson Philips | 1786–1797 | ||
| James Cathrow | 1797–1813 | ||
| Charles George Young | 1813–1820 | ||
| Francis Townsend | 1820–1833 | ||
| James Rock | 1833 | ||
| Thomas William King | 1833–1848 | ||
| Edward Stephen Dendy | 1848–1859 | ||
| George Edward Cokayne, Esq., FSA | 1859–1870 | ||
| Sir William Henry Weldon, KCVO, FSA | 1870–1880 | ||
| Sir Alfred Scott Scott-Gatty, KCVO, KJStJ, FSA | 1880–1886 | ||
| Sir Albert William Woods, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, KGStJ, FSA | 1886–1893 | ||
| Everard Green, Esq., FSA | 1893–1911 | ||
| Sir Algar Henry Stafford Howard, KCB, KCVO, MC, TD | 1911–1919 | ||
| Lt. Alexander Warren Drury Mitton | 1919–1922 | ||
| Sir John Dunamace Heaton-Armstrong, MVO | 1922–1926 | ||
| Eric Neville Geijer, Esq., MC, FSA | 1926–1941 | ||
| Michael Roger Trappes-Lomax, Esq., FSA | 1946–1951 | ||
| Robin Ian Evelyn Milne Stuart de la Lanne-Mirrlees, Esq. | 1952–1962 | ||
| Sir Conrad Marshall John Fisher Swan, KCVO, FSA | 1962–1968 | ||
| Theobald Mathew, Esq. | 1970–1978 | ||
| Patric Dickinson, Esq., CVO | 1978–1989 | ||
| Timothy Hugh Stewart Duke, Esq. FSA | 1989–1995 | ||
| Clive Edwin Alexander Cheesman, Esq., FSA | 1998–2010 | ||
| Adam Simon Tuck, Esq. | 2019–2023 | ||
| Phillip Alan Bone, Esq. | 2023–present | ||
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