Surrey Herald Extraordinary Explained

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

Surrey Herald of Arms Extraordinary was an English officer of arms. Though an officer of the crown, Surrey Herald Extraordinary was not a member of the corporation of the College of Arms in London. This office was created in 1856 and first held by Edward Stephen Dendy. The badge of office was assigned in 1981. The badge is blazoned Within a representation of a Herald's Collar of SS Argent a Tabard chequy Or and Azure. These were the arms of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey in the late thirteenth century, from whom the earldom descended through the Fitzalans to the Howard dukes of Norfolk and earls marshal.

Holders of the office

Arms	Name	Date of appointment	Ref
	Edward Stephen Dendy	23 August 1856
	Charles Alban Buckler	16 July 1880
	Sir Walter John George Verco	1 July 1980 – 10 March 2001	^[1]
	Vacant	10 March 2001 – present

See also

• Heraldry
• Herald
• 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. D. H. B. Chesshyre and Adrian Ailes, Heralds of Today: A Biographical List of the Officers of the College of Arms, London, 1987–2001 (London: Illuminata, 2001), p. 14.